New Jersey Dem gov's blame game backfires after tech company pins noncitizen voter registration on state
The vendor Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill blamed for a "software error" leading to illegal voting in the Garden State denies wrongdoing, and is instead pointing its finger back at the state.IDEMIA is a French multinational company that provides identity-related security services.
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The vendor Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill blamed for a "software error" leading to illegal voting in the Garden State denies wrongdoing, and is instead pointing its finger back at the state.IDEMIA is a French multinational company that provides identity-related security services. Sherrill appeared to divert any government blame for 6,600 noncitizens being added to the voter roll onto the software company used by the state's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).The company said, ultimately, that the voter registration buck stops with the state."The voter registration information is transmitted to the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Elections, which is ultimately responsible for verifying eligibility to vote," IDEMIA said. "Information submitted by IDEMIA must still be validated and adjudicated by the Division of Elections."NEW JERSEY REMOVES 6,600 PEOPLE FROM VOTER ROLLS WHO WERE ELIGIBLE TO CAST A BALLOT FOR 2024 ELECTIONIDEMIA said that for more than 40 years the software company has worked with the New Jersey DMV Commission to "support the process through which eligible individuals may indicate their interest in registering to vote when applying for or renewing a driver's license or state-issued identification card.""IDEMIA's role is to transmit information through the motor vehicle system," it added in a statement.But the actual process for getting on the voter rolls in New Jersey is up to the state, IDEMIA insists.The state and the company will no longer be working together after the scandal.
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- The vendor Democratic New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill blamed for a "software error" leading to illegal voting in the Garden State denies wrongdoing, and is instead pointing its finger back at the state.IDEMIA is a French multinational company that provides identity-related security services.
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