TRENTON—The official who oversaw the June 2025 Motor Vehicle Commission voter disenfranchisement scandal has been quietly moved to a housing agency. Meanwhile the prosecutor who lost the George Norcross corruption case departed his office. Both exits occurred without public announcement from Governor Mikie Sherrill's administration.

Susan Scott, the Assistant Attorney General who supervised the state's elections section during the botched primary, was transferred to a deputy commissioner post at the Department of Community Affairs on April 2. Eleven days later, she does not appear on the department's leadership webpage and no press release disclosed her appointment. The transfer came nine days before Eric Gibson, the prosecutor who supervised the failed Norcross case, left his post as director of the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability on April 11.

The MVC Primary Failures

The June 2025 primary exposed significant operational failures under Scott's supervision. MVC computer errors caused several thousand voters who obtained Real ID credentials to be unknowingly switched to unaffiliated status, rendering them ineligible for partisan primaries. Scott directed county officials to send letters notifying affected voters they could not vote but failed to advise them of appeal rights, a policy that three Superior Court judges rejected. 

Anonymous election officials told reporters that Scott's rigid interpretation was "her opinion, not mine… They're representing Susan Scott and that's bullshit, right?"

Assemblywoman Aura Dunn (R-Morris) publicly called for Scott's firing, stating that if Scott was behind the failure to inform voters of appeal rights, "she should be fired immediately."

Scott now works at DCA, where Commissioner Jacquelyn Suárez, a Murphy-era appointee retained by Sherrill, holds the top post. Scott had previously worked with DCA in 2019, testifying regarding Atlantic City's municipal finances while serving as a Deputy Attorney General.

The Norcross Prosecution and Gibson's Exit

Eric Gibson's departure took a similar track. He joined OPIA in October 2024 as Co-Director of the Corruption Bureau specifically to supervise the Norcross prosecution, and was promoted to Executive Director in September 2025. Former Attorney General Matt Platkin had indicted Norcross, the South Jersey Democratic power broker, in June 2024 on racketeering conspiracy charges alleging criminal control of Camden waterfront development. 

A Superior Court judge dismissed the indictment in February 2025 abd the Appellate Division upheld that dismissal on January 30, 2026. After Attorney General Jennifer Davenport took office on January 20, she declined to pursue Supreme Court review on February 18 and stated that "prosecutorial resources would be best spent on other matters." Gibson departed April 11 after seven months as Executive Director. The Attorney General's Office issued no announcement of his departure.

The departures occurred as Davenport conducts a comprehensive review of OPIA to eliminate "overlap and duplication." Davenport testified before the Assembly Budget Committee on April 8 that she intends to realign the department with "integrity, justice, fairness," but did not address the concurrent exits of her top election enforcement officer and anti-corruption prosecutor.

Unannounced Administrative Changes

Sherrill has actively announced other personnel decisions, including the retention of DCA Commissioner Suárez in December 2025 and the hiring of 40 Governor's Office staffers in March 2026. Neither agency issued public announcement of the departures of Scott or Gibson.

Scott's career within the Attorney General's Office included roles as Section Chief of Personnel/Community Affairs/Elections and AAG in Charge of Elections before her move to the housing and local government agency. Davenport has not announced a replacement for the elections section leadership.

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Sources

• Colin Warren, New Jersey Globe, "Several thousand N.J. voters received letters saying they can't vote in primary" (June 8, 2025)

• Jay Edwards, WRNJ Radio, "N.J. lawmaker calls for firing of assistant attorney general amid voter access concerns" (June 11, 2025)

• Colin Warren, New Jersey Globe, "Beleaguered elections official Susan Scott takes job at DCA" (April 10, 2026)

• New Jersey Globe, "OPIA director who supervised Norcross probe is stepping down" (April 10, 2026)

• Insider NJ, "Gibson Leaves OPIA" (April 11, 2026)

• Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor, "NJ's attorney general mulling fate of embattled anti-corruption watchdog" (April 9, 2026)

• New Jersey Legislature, Assembly Budget Committee Testimony, Attorney General Jennifer Davenport (April 8, 2026)

• Ted Sherman, NJ.com, "Bombshell corruption case is over. N.J. fails to prove Dem power broker did anything wrong" (February 18, 2026)

• Office of the Attorney General, "AG Platkin Announces New Leaders of the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability's Corruption Bureau" (October 28, 2024)

• Office of the Attorney General, "Eric L. Gibson to Lead the Office of Public Integrity and Accountability" (September 15, 2025)

• New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Staff Directory (April 2026)

• New Jersey Legislature, Assembly Judiciary Committee Testimony, Susan Scott (June 19, 2019)

• Office of the Governor, "Governor Sherrill Announces Additional Governor's Office Staff" (March 3, 2026)