WATCH: Booker continues to reject SAVE Act despite bombshell NJ voter roll scandal
Senator Cory Booker said the discovery that roughly 6,600 non-citizens were mistakenly made eligible to vote in New Jersey does not justify passing the SAVE America Act. He argued that the issue was a clerical error requiring state-level investigation and prosecution, rather than evidence that federal voter-identification rules should be changed.
The Fox News report frames Booker’s comments against Republican support for the SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. Booker said similar administrative errors had occurred in Texas and Oregon, and maintained that the proposed law would not have prevented them.
- Booker says New Jersey’s voter-roll error does not justify the SAVE Act.
- About 6,600 non-citizens were mistakenly eligible to vote.
- The SAVE Act would require citizenship proof for federal voter registration.