GOP erupts over 6,600 noncitizen voters found in blue state as scandal deepens: ‘Worse than anyone expected’

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Republican outrage went into overdrive after New Jersey Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced that the state had mistakenly registered 6,600 noncitizen voters , prompting calls for an immediate end to automatic voter registration through the New Jersey Motor Vehicle System (MVC). Sherrill announced on Tuesday that a "serious software error in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System led to the registration of roughly 6,600 people who indicated that they were not U.S. citizens between June 2023 and June 2024, almost three years prior to my taking office." Sherrill said preliminary analysis indicates that 400 individuals voted due to the error. Republican state Sen. Declan O'Scanlon told Fox News Digital that New Jersey Republicans have been raising concerns about the MVC registration system for years and "each time we were reassured that this ‘could never happen.’" "It happened, and it’s worse than anyone expected," he said. DEMOCRAT NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR SAYS THOUSANDS OF NONCITIZENS DISCOVERED ON VOTER ROLLS, PURGED In light of the error, O’Scanlon called for a pause on all voter registrations through the MVC until a thorough investigation is completed for every registration processed through the system. He emphasized that beyond any software glitch, when state Democrats "made it law for noncitizens to obtain driver’s licenses, Republicans warned that this very problem could occur." "If we know that more than 6,000 noncitizens were improperly registered to vote over two years, why on earth would we stop the investigation there? This system has been in place for years. We should be reviewing every registration processed through the MVC over the last decade," he told Fox News Digital. "Until that thorough investigation is complete, the MVC should suspend all voter registrations." In a Tuesday news conference, Sherrill emphasized that the mistake did not occur while she was in office. She criticized her predecessor, former Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy , the MVC and the stat…