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Priya Raman Whoever set up the software needs to explain how it ignored self-reported citizenship status so many times.Marcus Bell out of millions of voters is a small fraction. The governor admitted the mistake quickly so it's probably not intentional.Priya Raman The governor should face questions on why basic citizenship verification wasn't in place to begin with. This shouldn't happen in any state.
Rachel Meyers The governor should release details on how these 6600 cases were caught and whether any ballots were cast.Nicole Hardy Even with the governor's explanation, 6600 ineligible voters on the list is a serious problem that requires full review.
Priya Raman The governor should explain how this happened and what steps are being taken to remove those registrations immediately.Elena Vasquez Self-identified non-citizens on the rolls means someone wasn't checking documents at all. That's basic security.Dana Whitfield A mistake this large shows why states should require proof of citizenship before adding anyone to the rolls.Dana Whitfield The governor should explain exactly how the error happened and what steps will prevent it again.Jared Kim As a New Jersey resident I'm worried about how secure our elections are if something like this can happen.Chris Dalton Non-citizens shouldn't be anywhere near the system in the first place, error or not.Rachel Meyers The governor should say what steps will stop this from happening again before the next election.Jared Kim Removing those 6600 names is a start, but the governor owes a full explanation on why it happened under her watch.Rachel Meyers It's good the governor admitted the mistake but 6600 is a large number to overlook.Derek Foss The state should verify citizenship for every registration instead of relying on software that can fail.Chris Dalton States should require proof of citizenship at registration so errors like this cannot happen again.Dana Whitfield The state needs to verify citizenship for every voter on the rolls right now instead of relying on the same system that failed.Sam Okafor Officials have to show exactly what went wrong and confirm those names were removed.Maya Lindstrom The governor should order a full audit of all recent registrations to make sure nothing else slipped through.Sam Okafor The governor needs to name the vendor responsible and confirm every single entry got removed.