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In New Jersey, a voter registration
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scandal is fueling a fight between
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Republicans and Democratic Governor
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Mikey Sherrill's administration.
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Republicans want automatic driver's
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license registration stopped. Not just
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when you're getting a driver's license,
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but everywhere. Governor Mikey Sherrill
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isn't budging. She's sticking with the
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system responsible for registering
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thousands of undocumented voters in New
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Jersey. Republicans have introduced a
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bill in Trenton seeking to ban automatic
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voter registration. Democrats, who hold
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the majority at the State House, aren't
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likely to move the bill for a vote. And
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if it does get that far, they've
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indicated their vote will be against
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ending the practice. Sherrill blames a
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software glitch that improperly
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registered about 6,600 people for
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registration after they answered no to a
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citizenship question. The company that
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wrote the software said it was a lack of
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oversight by the state that allowed
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those registrations to slip through. A
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separate error involved roughly 750
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people who answered no to an age
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eligibility question. Officials say they
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were old enough to vote, but their
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registrations were invalid. About 50
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subsequently voted. Republican Senators
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Anthony Bucco and Kristin Corrado now
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want opt-in registration, photo
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identification, citizenship
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verification, and twice-yearly voter
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roll audits when it comes to new voter
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registrations. Mikey Sherrill has not
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only opposed halting automatic
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registrations, but she's also fighting a
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legal battle with the Department of
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Justice to prevent the federal
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government from obtaining voter
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information in the state of New Jersey.
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The Trump administration estimates more
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than 35,000 undocumented migrants exist
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in New Jersey's voter rolls. But for
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now, the governor is preventing the
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release of her administration's
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