{"id":1739,"date":"2026-07-25T09:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1739"},"modified":"2026-07-25T09:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T09:08:08","slug":"democrats-hope-transparency-helps-weather-gop-criticism-over-voter-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1739","title":{"rendered":"Democrats Hope Transparency Helps Weather GOP Criticism Over Voter Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Republicans wasted no time in going after Democrats when news broke that 6,600 noncitizens were <span><u>erroneously registered<\/u><\/span> to vote in New Jersey, casting the incident as evidence of rampant election fraud.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1733\">Trump Is Veering Toward Abandoning International Law<\/a><\/p><p>But Democrats, led by New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, are leaning hard into transparency on the issue \u2014 especially as the party has little ground available to lose in the midst of President Donald Trump\u2019s aggressive push to tighten elections laws and claim more control from the states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the right thing to do \u2014 to be clear with the public about anything you find and to build trust in a system that generally works really well,\u201d said Ben Olinsky, a senior fellow at the Democratic think tank Center for American Progress. \u201cThat is also the right strategy for dealing with someone who has repeatedly and habitually lied about elections in the form of Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p><p>The erroneous registrations were caused by a software error, Sherrill said Tuesday \u2014 an explanation that IDEMIA, the France-based company in charge of transmitting information through New Jersey\u2019s motor vehicle system, has <span><u>denied<\/u><\/span>. Former Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy also <span><u>denies<\/u><\/span> having any knowledge of the incident after Sherill said the mistakes occurred under her predecessor.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mike Johnson\" class=\"wp-image-1670\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Mike Johnson Is \u2018Sick of This Shit\u2019 (But Sorry He Said So)\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rep. Dan Crenshaw\" class=\"wp-image-1737\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f35e214efed203f98364257acb203078-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f35e214efed203f98364257acb203078-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f35e214efed203f98364257acb203078-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f35e214efed203f98364257acb203078.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Rep. Dan Crenshaw Violated the STOCK Act \u2014 Again\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Donald Trump speaks during a media conference, flanked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.\" class=\"wp-image-1738\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1b899296f2a3b9b19ccce7820d9308c4-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1b899296f2a3b9b19ccce7820d9308c4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1b899296f2a3b9b19ccce7820d9308c4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1b899296f2a3b9b19ccce7820d9308c4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Trump Is Veering Toward Abandoning International Law\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mike Collins\" class=\"wp-image-1726\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/676cca892b10cddbda9b9b8528b640cc-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/676cca892b10cddbda9b9b8528b640cc-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/676cca892b10cddbda9b9b8528b640cc-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/676cca892b10cddbda9b9b8528b640cc.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Republicans Fret Trump Could Sink Mike Collins\u2019 Georgia Senate Run\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>But during that news conference, Sherrill momentarily pivoted to the president: \u201cDonald Trump has zero credibility on the issue of election integrity.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cThe difference between my administration and this White House is stark,\u201d the governor said on Tuesday. \u201cWe don\u2019t deflect, deny or exploit problems for our own gain. We find them, and we fix them, because that\u2019s what a good, accountable government should do.\u201d<\/p><p>Sherrill\u2019s rebuke appeared to be an attempt to deter Trump and Republicans from using the incident as evidence for widely debunked assertions of <span><u>mass voter fraud<\/u><\/span> as the party pushes Congress to pass the <span><u>SAVE America Act<\/u><\/span>, the president\u2019s signature \u201celection integrity\u201d bill.<\/p><p>Trump had already jumped on the issue, exaggerating at a Wednesday rally that \u201cthousands and thousands\u201d of votes had been illegally cast in the state after the software glitch. A preliminary review found that fewer than 400 people out of the 6,600 accidentally registered went on to illegally vote, Sherrill said.<\/p>\n<p>The White House claimed credit for the situation going public at all: Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Sherrill\u2019s initial announcement was prompted by a letter from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, but the governor previously said she learned about the incident and launched an investigation days before she was contacted by DHS.<\/p><p>Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-New Jersey) and 18 other House Republicans sent a <span><u>letter<\/u><\/span> to Sherrill on Friday, stating that conservatives\u2019 concerns about election integrity over the past few years had \u201ctoo often\u201d been dismissed as \u201cexaggerated or unfounded.\u201d The letter said the incident showed that \u201cthese vulnerabilities are real.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1731\">U.S. Firefighting Resources Are Already Maxed Out \u2014 And It\u2019s Only July<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cThe fact that this happened \u2014 with or without software playing a role \u2014 can neither be ignored by Congress nor dismissed as a simple, garden-variety computer glitch,\u201d Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) posted on <span><u>X<\/u><\/span>. \u201cWe need the SAVE America Act to stop this from happening.\u201d<\/p><p>The rhetorical tug-of-war demonstrates how an anomaly can be equipped to bolster baseless claims, Democratic lawmakers say. The way to combat attacks on election integrity, lawmakers and experts said, is to swiftly inform the public and take responsibility.<\/p><p>\u201cThat\u2019s the kind of transparency we need,\u201d Sen. Andy Kim (D-New Jersey) told NOTUS. \u201cWe need to make sure it\u2019s fixed, and someone needs to be held accountable for the fact that this wasn\u2019t all squared away as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p><p>Multiple lawmakers said the issue hasn\u2019t swayed their confidence in New Jersey\u2019s \u2014 or the country\u2019s \u2014 ability to conduct accurate elections. Election officials being honest about \u201cisolated problems\u201d strengthens trust in the broader election system because it \u201cdemonstrates that safeguards are working,\u201d said Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia), vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are those who will choose to weaponize this issue in an attempt to undermine confidence in our elections \u2014 we cannot allow that,\u201d Sen. Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) said in a statement.<\/p><p>Any concern about voting integrity from Trump and right-wing Republicans is a pretext for further federal overreach in states running their own elections, California Sen. Alex Padilla, the top Democrat on the Rules and Administration Committee, said in a statement.<\/p><p>Noncitizen voting is a rare occurrence, and no evidence has been uncovered that shows it changed the outcome of an election, said David Becker, executive director of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation &amp; Research. Becker said \u201cno one credible\u201d is denying that noncitizen voting has never happened.<\/p><p>Election law experts, he said, are quantifying the incidents and contextualizing them \u201cin relationship to the voter lists and the actual votes cast.\u201d Becker said the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote, would not have changed the situation in New Jersey because that information was accurately collected. The individuals marked that they were not citizens but were added to voter rolls anyway.<\/p><p>\u201cIt\u2019s 400 voters in the state of New Jersey after a glitch. If you don\u2019t have the glitch, that number is much smaller. This is a tiny blip,\u201d Becker said Thursday. \u201cThey\u2019re trying to use a nuclear bomb to kill an ant.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1727\">Dinner, Take 2<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic lawmakers are attempting to ward off attacks from Trump and Republicans casting the incident as evidence of rampant election fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1734,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-jersey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Democrats Hope Transparency Helps Weather GOP Criticism Over Voter Controversy - Modern Home Journals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1739\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Democrats Hope Transparency Helps Weather GOP Criticism Over Voter Controversy - 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