New Jersey Redistricting Commission
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The New Jersey Redistricting Commission is an independent bipartisan body responsible for drawing and adjusting the state’s congressional district boundaries following each census.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| New Jersey Apportionment Commission | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
governmental body
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independent bipartisan commission ⓘ redistricting commission ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
comply with the Voting Rights Act
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consider communities of interest ⓘ ensure equal population among congressional districts ⓘ produce contiguous districts ⓘ |
| appliesTo | New Jersey congressional districts ⓘ |
| appointingAuthority |
Assembly Minority Leader of New Jersey
NERFINISHED
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President of the New Jersey Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate Minority Leader of New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ state party chairs of the two largest political parties in New Jersey ⓘ |
| appointingAuthorityForTiebreaker | Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canProduce | multiple proposed congressional maps ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| decisionMethod | majority vote of commissioners ⓘ |
| distinctFrom | New Jersey Apportionment Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | federal reapportionment after each census ⓘ |
| hasLegalBasis | New Jersey Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
Democratic appointees
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Republican appointees ⓘ independent tiebreaker member ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfMembers | 13 ⓘ |
| hasRole |
adjusting congressional district boundaries
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drawing congressional district boundaries ⓘ |
| isBipartisan | true ⓘ |
| isIndependent | true ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | State of New Jersey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New Jersey, United States
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surface form:
New Jersey
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| mapEffectiveFor | subsequent decade of congressional elections ⓘ |
| meetsEvery | 10 years ⓘ |
| responsibleFor | New Jersey congressional redistricting plan ⓘ |
| state |
New Jersey, United States
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surface form:
New Jersey
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| subjectTo |
New Jersey constitutional requirements
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federal voting rights laws ⓘ |
| triggerForAction | decennial United States census ⓘ |
| typeOfRedistrictingBody | congressional-only redistricting body ⓘ |
| uses |
public hearings in the redistricting process
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public submissions of map proposals ⓘ |
| websiteType | official government website ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey
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New Jersey Redistricting Commission
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this entity surface form:
New Jersey Apportionment Commission