New Jersey handed the national election fight a gift this week, and it took the federal government barely a day to unwrap it. On July 21, Governor Mikie Sherrill announced that roughly 6,600 noncitizens had been mistakenly registered to vote through the state’s Motor Vehicle Commission, and that fewer than 400 had cast ballots before...
Two of the loudest election fights in Washington right now look, at first glance, like separate stories. In one, House Republicans have passed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act — the SAVE Act — which would require documentary proof of citizenship to register for federal elections. In the other, the Department of Justice has demanded...