Noncitizens on voter rolls in Democrat-run state exposed as RNC chair pledges secure elections
Most noncitizens were registered as Democrats and discovered their status while pursuing naturalization, RNC chairman says
Peter D'Abrosca By Peter D'Abrosca Fox News
Published June 8, 2026 6:00am EDT
RNC Chairman Joe Gruters discusses finding noncitizens on the voter rolls in New Jersey
EXCLUSIVE — Noncitizens in a key blue state were on the voter rolls for years — and some even voted in prior elections, according to documents obtained via public records request.
The New Jersey Republican Party (NJGOP) and the Republican National Committee (RNC) requested voter rolls from all 21 counties in the Garden State and found multiple instances of noncitizens seeking naturalization asking to be removed from the rolls, claiming they were unknowingly registered to vote. Most were registered as Democrats.
Noncitizens cannot vote in state or federal elections, and the candidates for citizenship worried that being on the rolls would disqualify them.
In official letters viewed by Fox News Digital from Atlantic County, Superintendent of Elections & Commissioner of Registration Maureen Bugdon certified that noncitizens came to her asking to be removed.
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