Months After Murphy Compared Voter Fraud to Being Struck by Lightning, Sherrill Reveals Lightning Struck: 400 Noncitizens Voted

TRENTON, N.J. — Six months after we reported that former Gov. Phil Murphy defended New Jersey’s expansion of mail-in voting by saying residents had “a higher probability of being hit by lightning” than uncovering voter fraud, his successor has disclosed that approximately 400 non-U.S. citizens cast ballots after being mistakenly registered to vote through a state administrative error.

In January, Governor Phil Murphy defended New Jersey’s decision not to adopt a voter ID law, saying the state’s election ...