Published July 21, 2026 at 10:01 AM ET · Updated July 21, 2026 at 8:06 PM ET
New Jersey says more than 6,000 noncitizens were added to voter rolls and hundreds may have voted
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New Jersey officials announced that more than 6,000 noncitizens were mistakenly added to the state's voter rolls. Hundreds of those individuals are estimated to have voted in elections.
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⚖ The Constitutional Angle
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona held that federal law bars states from demanding documentary proof of citizenship beyond the sworn attestation on the national registration form, one structural reason noncitizens can appear on rolls. Whether states can require such proof or cancel noncitizen registrations is unsettled and pending in Republican National Committee v. Mi Familia Vota.
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona 570 U.S. 1 (2013)
Vote: 7-2 · Opinion: Justice Scalia
NVRA § 6's command that states 'accept and use' the Federal Form preempts Arizona's Proposition 200 requirement that Federal Form applicants submit documentary proof of citizenship beyond the form's sworn citizenship attestation. Elections Clause legislation governing registration for federal elections carries no presumption against preemption.
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
