House Republicans are demanding answers from the technology contractor at the center of New Jersey’s explosive voter-registration scandal after state officials acknowledged that roughly 6,600 people who identified themselves as noncitizens were nevertheless added to the voter rolls, and approximately 400 of them later cast ballots.
The House Judiciary Committee and the Committee on House Administration sent a formal oversight letter to IDEMIA CEO Matt Cole on Tuesday, seeking documents and communications that could reveal who knew what, when they knew it, and why the problem was not disclosed publicly for two years.
Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI), Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), and Elections Subcommittee Chair Laurel Lee (R-FL) signed the three-page demand.
The scandal erupted in July when Democrat Governor Mikie Sherrill announced that a “serious software error” in New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle System had improperly registered about 6,600 noncitizens between June 2023 and June 2024, during the administration of former Governor Phil Murphy.
Sherrill claimed the individuals “indicated that they weren’t citizens and weren’t eligible to vote, but the software registered them anyway.”
Of those 6,600 noncitizens, approximately 400 actually voted in elections after being incorrectly registered. Using IDEMIA software, the state Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) sent the noncitizens’ information to the Department of State’s Division of Elections, which then put them on the voter rolls. Sherrill promptly blamed IDEMIA’s software.
IDEMIA has flatly rejected Sherrill’s claims. The company says the software did not cause the improper registrations and instead points the finger at New Jersey state agencies.
As IDEMIA explained, “all 6,600 individuals indicated ‘Yes’ to wanting to register to vote and ‘No’ to being a US Citizen,” and that this information “was recorded correctly and always available to the MVC via the database that the MVC utilized to gather voter information and transmit it to the Division of Elections.”
According to the company, the registration of noncitizens only stopped when the MVC finally asked IDEMIA to change certain settings in June 2024. Yet the noncitizens were never removed from the voter rolls, and the public was not told until July 2026, years after the problem began under former Democrat Governor Phil Murphy.
A New Jersey official, however, has disputed the vendor’s version, arguing that records marked “no” on citizenship should never have been transmitted to election officials in the first place.
Now Congress wants the paper trail.
The committees are demanding:
- Every document and communication concerning the alleged software error, its discovery, and any resulting investigation;
- IDEMIA’s protocols for accurately collecting and transmitting voter-registration information to New Jersey agencies;
- The company’s procedures for complying with federal voting laws; and
- Communications between IDEMIA employees and New Jersey officials about the MVC voter-registration system, including warnings, discovery of the problem, proposed fixes, and remediation.
The letter sets a deadline of 5:00 p.m. on August 25, 2026.
Lawmakers say the records are needed to examine New Jersey’s compliance with federal election law and to protect the civil liberties of lawful American voters. The committees cited their jurisdiction over elections, civil liberties, criminal law, and national security.
NEW: Chairmen @Jim_Jordan, @RepBryanSteil, @Congressman_JVD, and @RepLaurelLee sent a letter to software company IDEMIA requesting information regarding New Jersey registering thousands of noncitizens to vote.
Using IDEMIA’s software, noncitizens noted they weren’t citizens but… pic.twitter.com/1yNlLHStTl
— House Judiciary GOP
(@JudiciaryGOP) August 11, 2026
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