{"id":2598820,"date":"2026-05-05T07:48:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jerseys-voter-roll-chaos-makes-the-best-case-for-the-save-america-act\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T07:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T11:49:12","slug":"new-jerseys-voter-roll-chaos-makes-the-best-case-for-the-save-america-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-jerseys-voter-roll-chaos-makes-the-best-case-for-the-save-america-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue State Makes The Case For The SAVE America Act"},"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%2Fnew-jerseys-voter-roll-chaos-makes-the-best-case-for-the-save-america-act%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=2598820&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>The article argues that election integrity problems persist in the U.S. while Congress delays action on the proposed \u201cSAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) America Act,\u201d which would require proof of citizenship to register and photo ID to vote in federal elections. It claims the Senate is stalling partly because Republicans want Democrats to take ownership of opposition rather than pushing a full vote during a busy legislative schedule, and it notes calls from some GOP senators and President donald Trump to end the filibuster to pass the bill.<\/p>\n<p>It then points to several alleged cases in new Jersey as evidence of the need for stronger safeguards. The Justice Department says four noncitizens were charged with illegally voting after falsely claiming citizenship and making false statements during citizenship-related processes.It also describes earlier New Jersey cases involving noncitizens registering and voting despite neither being citizens, and it highlights a forgery guilty plea by former Plainfield mayoral candidate Henrilynn Ibezim, who is accused of attempting to submit many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pa-county-voter-application-fraud-tied-to-large-scale-operation\/\" title=\"PA County: ... Application Fraud Tied To &#039;Large-Scale&#039; Operation\">fraudulent voter registration applications<\/a> using unauthorized personal data.<\/p>\n<p>The piece further criticizes New Jersey\u2019s election governance and transparency, citing claims that officials do not systematically check citizenship, addresses, prison status, or voter deaths when maintaining or deleting voter-roll data, and it portrays record-release disputes as revealing gaps in information availability.<\/p>\n<p>it discusses debate within the Republican Party over whether to \u201cnuke\u201d the filibuster to move the SAVE act forward, framing some lawmakers as hesitant to take that step unless they believe Democrats would do it when they gain control, while others argue the bill is important enough to justify the procedure.  <\/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>\n<p>While a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >critical voter verification bill languishes<\/a> in the backbone-lacking U.S. Senate, election fraud rolls on nationwide. And Blue state New Jersey is Exhibit A.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t expect any movement on the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/21\/majority-of-voters-want-the-save-america-act-passed-before-the-midterms-poll-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) America Act <\/a>anytime soon. Congress is out on another extended break \u2014 just three weeks after its nearly two-week Easter recess. House members are scheduled to be in their respective districts this week for another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.gov\/legislative-activity\/2020-06-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cdistrict work period,\u201d<\/a> and senators also are taking a break from their grueling 3 1\/2-day work week. <\/p>\n<p>To no one\u2019s surprise, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. and crew have opted not to reopen a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7DSxaNExmG0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cmarathon\u201d<\/a> debate on the SAVE America Act during the downtime, which would make Democrats pay for their truculent opposition to an election integrity bill the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/03\/31\/save-act-is-4-times-more-popular-than-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vast majority of Americans support<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Establishment Republicans have for more than a month stalled their half-hearted effort to keep their focus on the bill in hopes of convincing enough Democrats to vote for it. Of course, it\u2019s hard to make liberals defend their unpopular stance if you don\u2019t make them defend their unpopular stance. <\/p>\n<p>The Federalist reached out to Thune\u2019s office on Monday. No answer on the status of the SAVE America act, which would amend the flawed National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to cast a ballot in a federal election. Majority Republicans could push for an end to the bill-killing filibuster to pass the legislation. Several  <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/10\/gop-senators-nuke-the-filibuster-pass-the-save-america-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">senators<\/a> and President Donald Trump have urged Senate leadership to do just that. But they won\u2019t, apparently trusting that Democrats wouldn\u2019t do the same when they control the upper House again. <\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the thing that the left says never happens \u2014 election fraud \u2014 is happening with greater frequency. Election integrity trouble in New Jersey alone is making the case for the SAVE America Act. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Knowingly Circumvented\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Last week, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced charges against four noncitizens for illegally voting in U.S. elections in three different counties and making false statements when applying for U.S. citizenship. The District of New Jersey\u2019s Election Integrity Task Force arrested the individuals after determining they had falsely certified and attested that they were U.S. citizens, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-nj\/pr\/multiple-aliens-charged-illegally-voting-federal-elections-and-making-false-statements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to <\/a>a press release. As The Federalist has extensively <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/04\/wapo-admits-many-democrat-voters-cant-prove-theyre-citizens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, the citizenship \u201chonor system,\u201d\u00a0 checking a box on an election form, is all that stands between noncitizens disenfranchising legal voters. And noncitizens are doing just that. <\/p>\n<p>Fraser said the suspects voted in at least one federal election between 2020 and 2024. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe subjects are alleged to have knowingly circumvented one of our most sacred rights as citizens, the right to vote. The FBI and our partners will continue to pursue justice for those in violation of federal law, and keep the integrity of our elections intact,\u201d FBI Newark Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy said in the press release. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Justice Department announced charges Monday against four immigrants who authorities said falsely claimed citizenship to cast illegal votes in U.S. elections in New Jersey. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/byh0iLvJe0\">https:\/\/t.co\/byh0iLvJe0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Washington Times (@WashTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WashTimes\/status\/2051362233125335284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In January, two Pakistani foreign nationals, Muhammad Muzammal, 37, and Muhammad Shakeel, 62, were found to have registered to vote in the Garden State, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-nj\/pr\/aliens-charged-illegally-voting-federal-election-and-making-false-statements-while\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> the New Jersey U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office.\u00a0Their registrations were approved, and both men went on to cast ballots in 2020\u2019s\u00a0 presidential election, a press release states. <\/p>\n<p>The men also are charged with lying to an Immigration Services Officer during an interview, the noncitizens again falsely asserting that they had never voted in any federal, state, or local elections, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office said. The indictments came down in December. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Numerous\u2019 Fraudulent Voter Registration Applications\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Also in New Jersey, former Plainfield mayoral candidate Henrilynn Ibezim, a Democrat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njoag.gov\/former-candidate-for-plainfield-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-forgery-in-connection-with-his-submission-of-fraudulent-voter-registration-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pleaded guilty<\/a> last week to one count of 3rd-degree forgery nearly five years after law enforcement officials said he attempted to file \u201cnumerous\u201d fraudulent voter registration applications in the Democratic Party primary. By \u201cnumerous,\u201d New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, also a Democrat, means about 1,000. <\/p>\n<p>In June 2021, Ibezim, 71, \u201ccreated and attempted to submit false voter registration applications containing the personal identifying information of individuals without their authorization,\u201d Davenport\u2019s office wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njoag.gov\/former-candidate-for-plainfield-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-forgery-in-connection-with-his-submission-of-fraudulent-voter-registration-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>. \u201cMany of the applications had the handwriting of only three or four writers. The applications did not state, as required, that they were completed by anyone other than the voter for whom the application was purportedly submitted,\u201d the press release states. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks to a plea agreement, the state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njoag.gov\/former-candidate-for-plainfield-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-forgery-in-connection-with-his-submission-of-fraudulent-voter-registration-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismissed<\/a> seven other counts, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/two-men-convicted-pennsylvania-mayoral-race-election-fraud-case-hit-harsher-sentences-than-expected\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">election fraud<\/a> and witness tampering, in the indictment. Prosecutors will recommend the convicted candidate serve a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njoag.gov\/former-candidate-for-plainfield-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-forgery-in-connection-with-his-submission-of-fraudulent-voter-registration-applications\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">term of probation,<\/a> which will be set by the court at sentencing. <\/p>\n<p>Left-leaning \u201cvoter rights\u201d groups like the Brennan Center <a href=\"https:\/\/bipartisanpolicy.org\/article\/four-things-to-know-about-noncitizen-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">insist<\/a> \u201cIllegal voting, including by noncitizens, is routinely investigated and prosecuted by the appropriate authorities \u2026\u201d It is not. The Trump administration, some red state attorneys general, and relatively few local law enforcement officials have prioritized investigations and prosecutions of election fraud, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/election-integrity\/commentary\/one-illegal-vote-can-change-the-outcome-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">most prosecutors<\/a> feel they have other fish to fry. The foundational crimes have not been a primary concern in no small part because of the left\u2019s other <a href=\"https:\/\/bipartisanpolicy.org\/article\/four-things-to-know-about-noncitizen-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">big lie<\/a>: \u201cThere is no evidence that noncitizen voting has ever been significant enough to impact an election\u2019s outcome.\u201d The Brennan Center can\u2019t definitively say that because tracking the numbers of noncitizens voting is difficult thanks to the \u201chonor system\u201d in election law.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018That\u2019s Not A Crack, That\u2019s A Huge Gap\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cWe know from talking to people who work in elections for the counties that they do no checking for citizenship. If you check the box that\u2019s it. They don\u2019t do anything,\u201d Mark Demo, co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizens4njei.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Citizens for New Jersey Election Integrity,<\/a> a nonpartisan organization whose mission is in its name, told The Federalist in a phone interview.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s not a crack, that\u2019s a huge gap,\u201d Demo added. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>An open records <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseymonitor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/7-17-25-RNC-v.-NJ-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> filed last year by the Republican National Committee accused New Jersey\u2019s Division of Elections of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denvergazette.com\/2025\/07\/18\/rnc-sues-new-jersey-over-voter-rolls-in-election-integrity-case-1cdc96b4-153e-5d59-a839-3795c802ad52\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cslow walking\u201d<\/a> the release of voter machine and voter roll records related to last June\u2019s primary elections. The RNC also sought vote-counting data. The state argued that under the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nj.gov\/grc\/act.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Open Public Records Act<\/a> it does not need to turn over copies of records that don\u2019t exist. A County judge <a href=\"https:\/\/newjerseyglobe.com\/judiciary\/n-j-judge-dismisses-rnc-lawsuit-over-voting-records-state-asks-federal-judge-to-do-the-same\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">earlier this year<\/a> agreed. <\/p>\n<p>But in making its case, the state made some stunning admissions about what it doesn\u2019t do. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t check for people who have moved in state. They don\u2019t check for people who have moved out of state. They don\u2019t check for people in prisons. They don\u2019t check for citizenship,\u201d Demo said. <\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the RNC\u2019s attorneys, dated July 29, 2025, Donna Barber, executive director of the New Jersey Division of Elections, asserts that data on individuals deleted from the voter rolls on the basis of noncitizenship \u201ccan neither be searched for nor output into a report.\u201d Doing so, the Barber contends, would require a manual review and compilation of each individual voter record, which would be burdensome. Besides, there is no requirement to do so under the state\u2019s open records act, she noted.  <\/p>\n<p>The letter also states that neither the Division of Elections nor New Jersey\u2019s county commissioners of registration receive any information about the death of registered voters from the usual sources: the Department of Corrections, Department of Motor Vehicles, the Social Security Administration or U.S. Citizenship &#038; Immigration Service, among others. Why? The letter doesn\u2019t state. It just tells the RNC that they won\u2019t fill the records request because the information is not available.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a transparency problem to say the least. <\/p>\n<h2>\u2018The Blood of Our Country on Our Hands\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., is among the most vocal proponents of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/04\/10\/gop-senators-nuke-the-filibuster-pass-the-save-america-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nuking the filibuster<\/a> to pass the SAVE America Act. Johnson would like to at least test Senate Democrats to see if they would support an end to the 60-vote cloture wall, just as they invoked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/articles\/the-senate-the-power-of-the-minority-and-the-nuclear-option\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cnuclear option\u201d<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/political-process\/commentary\/5-years-after-going-nuclear-democrats-have-reaped-what-they-sowed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2013<\/a> to quickly move through liberal judicial nominees with a simple majority vote. (The republic is paying dearly for that decision today through a federal court <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/06\/17\/federal-judge-takes-swipe-at-judicial-coup-in-opinion-dismissing-teachers-union-suit-against-trump-admin\/\">soft coup<\/a> against the Trump agenda.) The filibuster stands otherwise. Democrats at the time claimed that they needed a way to get around the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/11\/22\/246678606\/senate-democrats-after-many-threats-detonate-nuclear-option\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cunprecedented obstruction\u201d<\/a> of Republicans, as has been the claim of Democrats in the current session.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not the Senate you revered as the great deliberative body,\u201d Johnson told The Federalist in a phone interview. He\u2019s betting that Democrats will nuke the filibuster when they\u2019re back in power. Many of his colleagues are hoping \u2014 or trusting \u2014 that they won\u2019t, the senator said. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson said the SAVE America Act is worth the nuclear option. But he understands why many of his colleagues do not share his sentiments. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very reluctant to be the ones to kill it when Democrats would use [the nuclear option] to destroy the country,\u201d the senator said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want the blood of our country on our hands.\u201d  <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-knew-100-percent-he-was-fighting-for-the-little-guy-former-top-trump-economic-adviser\/\" title=\"Trump Knew \u2018100 Percent\u2019 He Was \u2018Fighting for the Little Guy\u2019: Former Top Trump Economic Adviser\">award-winning investigative reporter<\/a> and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Same message, paraphrased and trimmed to \u226455 characters:<\/p>\n<p>**U.S. Senate stalls voter ID bill as fraud continues.**<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2598821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-05-at-12.47.45-AM-1024x573.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32502,5894,75195],"class_list":["post-2598820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden-administration","tag-politics","tag-save-america-act-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-05-at-12.47.45-AM-1024x573.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598820"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598824,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598820\/revisions\/2598824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}