New Jersey’s Voter Roll Chaos Makes The Best Case For The SAVE America Act: ‘That’s not a crack, that’s a huge gap,’ Mark Demo, of Citizens for New Jersey Election Integrity, said of New Jersey’s Dirty Voter Rolls

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New Jersey’s Voter Roll Chaos Makes The Best Case For The SAVE America Act:

‘That’s not a crack, that’s a huge gap,’ Mark Demo, of Citizens for New Jersey Election Integrity, said of New Jersey’s dirty voter rolls.

While a critical voter verification bill languishes in the backbone-lacking U.S. Senate, election fraud rolls on nationwide. And Blue state New Jersey is Exhibit A.

Don’t expect any movement on the SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) America Act anytime soon. Congress is out on another extended break — just three weeks after its nearly two-week Easter recess. House members are scheduled to be in their respective districts this week for another “district work period,” and senators also are taking a break from their grueling 3 1/2-day work week. 

To no one’s surprise, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D. and crew have opted not to reopen a “marathon” debate on the SAVE America Act during the downtime, which would make Democrats pay for their truculent opposition to an election integrity bill the vast majority of Americans support. 

Establishment Republicans have for more than a month stalled their half-hearted effort to keep their focus on the bill in hopes of convincing enough Democrats to vote for it. Of course, it’s hard to make liberals defend their unpopular stance if you don’t make them defend their unpopular stance. 

The Federalist reached out to Thune’s office on Monday. No answer on the status of the SAVE America act, which would amend the flawed National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to cast a ballot in a federal election. Majority Republicans could push for an end to the bill-killing filibuster to pass the legislation. Several  senators and President Donald Trump have urged Senate leadership to do just that. But they won’t, apparently trusting that Democrats wouldn’t do the same when they control the upper House again. 

In the meantime, the thing that the left says never happens — election fraud — is happening with greater frequency. Election integrity trouble in New Jersey alone is making the case for the SAVE America Act. 

‘Knowingly Circumvented’

Last week, New Jersey U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced charges against four noncitizens for illegally voting in U.S. elections in three different counties and making false statements when applying for U.S. citizenship. The District of New Jersey’s Election Integrity Task Force arrested the individuals after determining they had falsely certified and attested that they were U.S. citizens, according to a press release. As The Federalist has extensively reported, the citizenship “honor system,”  checking a box on an election form, is all that stands between noncitizens disenfranchising legal voters. And noncitizens are doing just that. 

Fraser said the suspects voted in at least one federal election between 2020 and 2024. 

“The subjects are alleged to have knowingly circumvented one of our most sacred rights as citizens, the right to vote. The FBI and our partners will continue to pursue justice for those in violation of federal law, and keep the integrity of our elections intact,” FBI Newark Special Agent in Charge Stefanie Roddy said in the press release.

The Justice Department announced charges Monday against four immigrants who authorities said falsely claimed citizenship to cast illegal votes in U.S. elections in New Jersey. https://t.co/byh0iLvJe0

— The Washington Times (@WashTimes) May 4, 2026

January, two Pakistani foreign nationals, Muhammad Muzammal, 37, and Muhammad Shakeel, 62, were found to have registered to vote in the Garden State, according to the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office. Their registrations were approved, and both men went on to cast ballots in 2020’s  presidential election, a press release states. 

The men also are charged with lying to an Immigration Services Officer during an interview, the noncitizens again falsely asserting that they had never voted in any federal, state, or local elections, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. The indictments came down in December. 

‘Numerous’ Fraudulent Voter Registration Applications’

Also in New Jersey, former Plainfield mayoral candidate Henrilynn Ibezim, a Democrat, pleaded guilty last week to one count of 3rd-degree forgery nearly five years after law enforcement officials said he attempted to file “numerous” fraudulent voter registration applications in the Democratic Party primary. By “numerous,” New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport, also a Democrat, means about 1,000.  --->READ MORE HERE

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