'Tip of the iceberg': NJ illegal voting scandal explodes with more key systems at risk
The top Republican on New Jersey’s Judiciary Committee says she repeatedly warned state officials that automatic voter registration lacked adequate safeguards but was routinely dismissed, as thousands more noncitizens have...
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The top Republican on New Jersey’s Judiciary Committee says she repeatedly warned state officials that automatic voter registration lacked adequate safeguards but was routinely dismissed, as thousands more noncitizens have now been been found on sensitive systems. Sen. Kristin Corrado, R-Totowa, told Fox News Digital that Gov. Mikie Sherrill's motor voter controversy reinforced Republican demands for a bipartisan investigation with subpoena power, warning the administration's review was too narrowly focused and likely failed to capture the full scope of the problem. "We didn't just reach out to the Motor Vehicle Commissioner. We reached out to Secretary of State [at the time, Lt. Gov. Taheshia Way]. We were not satisfied with the answers that we got from the motor vehicle commissioner, which I can tell you were basically, ‘we have signs up, they're put on notice… that if you're not a citizen, you can't register to vote’." "So people were on the honor system. We did not think that was acceptable or satisfactory or enough of a safeguard," she said, adding that the common refrain was of an "honor system." RNC LEGAL VICTORY CLEARS NORTH CAROLINA VOTER ROLL PURGE OF NONCITIZENS THROUGH JURY RESPONSES Corrado and others, including Senate Minority Leader Anthony Bucco, are now demanding a bipartisan special-investigation with subpoena power. Asked if they had heard from Senate President Nicholas Scutari, D-Linden, Corrado said his team indicated they wanted to wait for Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s own internal probe to finish. "I have concerns about that because this independent investigation is very limited in scope. It is limited to what they're calling the motor vehicle ‘glitch’," she said, warning scrutiny should go far beyond the initial area of discovery. Shortly after Corrado's spoke to Fox News Digital, reports surfaced that roughly 75,000 noncitizens had been summoned for jury duty through state databases, according to multiple reports, broadening the controversy beyond…