Published July 21, 2026 at 4:06 PM ET · Updated July 21, 2026 at 6:05 PM ET
6,600 noncitizens found on New Jersey voter rolls as Democrats fight voter ID
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Approximately 6,600 noncitizens were found on New Jersey voter rolls. The discovery emerged as Democrats continue to oppose voter ID requirements.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board upheld Indiana's photo-ID law under Anderson/Burdick, holding fraud deterrence and election confidence justify the burden even with no evidence of actual impersonation fraud. Noncitizens on New Jersey rolls fit that recognized state interest. Proof-of-citizenship registration rules remain unsettled, pending in Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota.
Crawford v. Marion County Election Board 553 U.S. 181 (2008)
Vote: 6-3 judgment: the six affirming Justices split 3 (Stevens lead) + 3 (Scalia concurrence… · Opinion: Justice Stevens (announced the judgment; lead/plurality opinion)
Indiana's photo-ID law (SEA 483) survives a facial constitutional challenge. Applying the Anderson/Burdick balancing framework, the lead opinion found the statute's broadly applicable burdens limited (free state ID cards; provisional-ballot cure), the record insufficient to quantify a severe burden on any class of voters, and the State's interests — deterring and detecting fraud, election modernization, and protecting public confidence in elections — sufficiently weighty even though the record contained no evidence of in-person impersonation fraud actually occurring in Indiana.
Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota (GRANTED — pending, OT2026) cert granted, No. 25-1017 (U.S. June 29, 2026)
Vote: n/a (merits pending) · Opinion: n/a
PENDING. Questions presented as granted: (1) whether the National Voter Registration Act or a federal consent decree prohibits Arizona from requiring voter-registration applicants to produce 'satisfactory evidence' of U.S. citizenship when registering with a STATE registration form; and (2) whether the NVRA prohibits Arizona from implementing a program within 90 days of a federal election to cancel the registrations of voters who are not U.S. citizens.
Precedent facts from the PW Law Library — primary-source verified & independently audited
