Jim Hoft writes for the Gateway Pundit about the latest development in New Jersey’s election integrity scandal.
Approximately 75,000 noncitizens are summoned for jury duty in the Garden State every year, according to newly disclosed figures from the New Jersey judiciary.
The revelation comes as state officials are already scrambling to explain how thousands of self-identified noncitizens were improperly added to New Jersey’s voter rolls and how hundreds reportedly cast ballots.
You cannot make this up.
The New Jersey Globe reported that New Jersey processes more than one million jury summonses annually using records randomly selected from three state agencies: the Division of Elections, the Division of Taxation, and the Motor Vehicle Commission.
Pete McAleer, a spokesman for the New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts, said roughly 20% of respondents report that they fail to meet at least one statutory eligibility requirement.
Approximately one-quarter of those disqualifications, an average of roughly 75,000 people annually over the past three years, were because the recipient was not a United States citizen.
Under New Jersey law, only American citizens are eligible to serve on juries.
The judiciary insists safeguards are in place to stop noncitizens from actually serving.
“Prospective jurors are asked about their citizenship and other qualifications when they complete the mandatory juror qualification questionnaire,” McAleer told the New Jersey Globe.
“Those who advance are reminded of the eligibility requirements during jury orientation and are directly questioned about their citizenship during jury selection by the judge and, as permitted, the attorneys,” he added.
Officials say there is no evidence that noncitizens have served on juries since the additional safeguards were implemented.
But that does not explain why approximately 75,000 noncitizens are being swept into the jury-summons process every year.
It also raises serious questions about the reliability of government databases used to administer elections and jury selection.
