Apparently, “the computer did it” is now an official election security strategy. Democratic New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill announced recently that roughly 6,600 people who identified themselves as non-U.S. citizens while applying for driver’s licenses or state IDs were nevertheless registered to vote because of what officials describe as a Motor Vehicle Commission software “glitch.”

Fewer than 400 are believed to have actually cast ballots before the error was discovered. Or at least that’s what they say. The takeaway: just like all the other illegitimate votes found in the country, their votes counted. By the way, the Secretary of State is a Democrat too.

According to a report from Just the News, the registrations occurred between June 2023 and June 2024 under the previous administration (Democratic Governor Phil Murphy).

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Attempting to project concern, Governor Sherrill appeared to express frustration over how long it took to address the problem, saying she was never informed about it by the Murphy administration. She also said that the state would remove the erroneous registrations.

However, the “software glitch” explanation hit a speed bump almost immediately. IDEMIA, the company that provided the Motor Vehicle Commission’s software, pushed back on Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s claim that the vendor was to blame. The company said its job was simply to transmit information, while New Jersey election officials were ultimately responsible for verifying whether applicants were actually eligible to vote before adding them to the voter rolls. In other words, the vendor says the software didn’t have the final say — the state did.

The revelation has reignited the debate over automatic voter registration and election integrity, particularly in states that issue driver’s licenses to non-citizens.

Republicans argue the incident proves stronger citizenship verification is needed (the SAVE Act), while Democrats continue to maintain there is no evidence that any of the voter fraud has changed the outcome of any election. Wink-wink.