{"id":2463036,"date":"2025-07-17T14:40:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-nj-voter-rolls-have-over-32k-questionable-voter-records\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T14:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T18:41:58","slug":"report-nj-voter-rolls-have-over-32k-questionable-voter-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-nj-voter-rolls-have-over-32k-questionable-voter-records\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: NJ Voter Rolls Have Over 32K Questionable Voter Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-nj-voter-rolls-have-over-32k-questionable-voter-records%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2463036&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent report by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) reveals meaningful issues with New Jersey&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grenell-legal-action-plan-to-force-calif-election-boards-to-clean-up-their-voter-rolls\/\" title=\"Grenell: Legal action plan to force Calif. election boards to clean up their ...s\">voter rolls ahead<\/a> of the November 4 gubernatorial election. The review identified over 32,000 questionable voter registrations, including 14,059 duplicate registrations where individuals were registered simultaneously in New Jersey and at least one other state, particularly Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania. Additionally, 15,655 registrations featured fictitious or placeholder birth dates, such as the commonly used date of January 1, 1800, with most of these records still marked as active voters. PILF&#8217;s investigation suggests these errors could possibly allow some individuals to vote more than once. The association also noted 2,507 cases of duplicate registrations at the same address, sometimes involving variations of a single name (e.g., &#8220;Robert&#8221; and &#8220;Bob&#8221;) with matching birth dates. PILF has urged New Jersey officials, including Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State Tahesha Way, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cybersecurity-voter-eligibility-focus-of-new-ohio-legislation\/\" title=\"New Ohio legislation centers on cybersecurity and voter eligibility\">improve voter list maintenance<\/a> to ensure election integrity. The report highlights that addressing placeholder birth dates could substantially help in cleaning up duplicate registrations. As of the report&#8217;s publication, the state had not responded to requests for comment on plans to address these concerns before the upcoming election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Tly6oa45_4s\">NJ Spotlight news\/YouTube<\/a>         <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/17\/messy-new-jersey-voter-rolls-have-more-than-32000-questionable-voter-records-report-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Messy%20New%20Jersey%20Voter%20Rolls%20Have%20More%20Than%2032,000%20%E2%80%98Questionable%E2%80%99%20Voter%20Records,%20Report%20Says&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/17\/messy-new-jersey-voter-rolls-have-more-than-32000-questionable-voter-records-report-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Messy%20New%20Jersey%20Voter%20Rolls%20Have%20More%20Than%2032,000%20%E2%80%98Questionable%E2%80%99%20Voter%20Records,%20Report%20Says&amp;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/17\/messy-new-jersey-voter-rolls-have-more-than-32000-questionable-voter-records-report-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\" https:><\/path><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/17\/messy-new-jersey-voter-rolls-have-more-than-32000-questionable-voter-records-report-says\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Messy%20New%20Jersey%20Voter%20Rolls%20Have%20More%20Than%2032,000%20%E2%80%98Questionable%E2%80%99%20Voter%20Records,%20Report%20Says&amp;body=After%20reviewing%20New%20Jersey%E2%80%99s%20voter%20roll,%20PILF%20found%20an%20%E2%80%9Curgent%20need%20for%20improved%20list%20maintenance%20practice.%E2%80%9D%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/17\/messy-new-jersey-voter-rolls-have-more-than-32000-questionable-voter-records-report-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>Registered New Jersey voters pick a new governor in the Nov. 4 general election, but before that the state really needs to clean up its voter list.<\/p>\n<p>After reviewing New Jersey&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-kept-info-from-local-election-officials-after-telling-31000-noncitizens-how-to-register-to-vote\/\" title=\"Colorado Kept Info From Local Election Officials After Telling 31,000 Noncitizens How To Register To Vote\">statewide voter roll<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/press\/new-report-finds-over-32000-questionable-voter-records-in-new-jersey-echoing-patterns-identified-in-maine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> from the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) shows an &ldquo;urgent need for improved list maintenance practices,&rdquo; after identifying more than 32,000 registration issues, many of which could allow people to vote more than once.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-487211982\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>PILF found 14,059 duplicate registrations, with voters registered in New Jersey and at least one other state at the same time. But PILF did not look at all 50 states, meaning there are certainly more to be found. PILF identified duplicate registrations in New Jersey and Florida (6,972 cases), New York (5,725), and Pennsylvania (925).<\/p>\n<p>PILF also found 15,655 registrations using fictitious birth dates, which are sometimes used as placeholders &mdash; such as New Jersey&rsquo;s most common placeholder date, 1800-01-01, that is, 225 years ago. The PILF report found&nbsp;5,166 such birthdates in Essex County, 2,108 in Passaic County, and 1,928 in Middlesex County.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 15,655 registrations with bad birth dates, 85 percent are marked as active voters, the report shows. But PILF says it is an easy fix. The organization took a random sample of 10 such registrations and compared the &ldquo;New Jersey voter roll, Social Security records, and Experian reports,&rdquo; and within minutes found the correct birthdates for all 10. PILF found that seven voter registrations were accurate after the proper birth date was added; Social Security records indicated that two registered voters had died more than 20 years ago; and one individual had seemingly relocated to St. Lucie County, Florida, and registered to vote there in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>PILF also reportedly found 2,507 duplicate registrations at the same addresses. For example, they found cases where a single home had registrations for names like &ldquo;Robert&rdquo; and &ldquo;Bob&rdquo; &ldquo;at precisely the same address with matching date of birth information.&rdquo; Other apparent duplicate registrations at the same address had missing or false birth date data, suggesting these issues need to be investigated to make sure one person does not have more than one vote.<\/p>\n<p>PILF sent a July 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/publicinterestlegal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7.16.2025-NJ-Data-Findings-Overview.pdf\">letter<\/a> with its findings and a request for a meeting to Tahesha Way, who is both New Jersey&rsquo;s lieutenant governor and secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;New Jersey&rsquo;s same-address duplication problem has improved since the Foundation last reviewed the voter roll and is down from more than 8,200 in 2022,&rdquo; the letter said. &ldquo;It appears the bulk of these duplicates are driven by placeholder\/fictious dates of birth confusing any process to de-duplicate the rolls. As of this letter, 65 percent of the apparent duplicates contain placeholder dates of birth. It stands to reason that if New Jersey addresses its placeholder data problem, it will substantially aid in the de-duplication process as well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Way&rsquo;s office did not respond to an email from The Federalist seeking a comment on the letter and asking whether the state intends to clean its voter rolls in time for the gubernatorial election. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy, who took office in 2018, is unable to seek reelection due to term limits, leaving the seat open for a campaign battle between Democrat U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli, a former assemblyman.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Beth Brelje is an elections correspondent for The Federalist. 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