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.

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New Jersey Apportionment Commission 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf governmental body
independent bipartisan commission
redistricting commission
aimsTo comply with the Voting Rights Act
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
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
surface form: United States
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
Republican appointees
independent tiebreaker member
hasNumberOfMembers 13
hasRole adjusting congressional district boundaries
drawing congressional district boundaries
isBipartisan true
isIndependent true
jurisdiction State of New Jersey NERFINISHED
locatedIn New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey
mapEffectiveFor subsequent decade of congressional elections
meetsEvery 10 years
responsibleFor New Jersey congressional redistricting plan
state New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey
subjectTo New Jersey constitutional requirements
federal voting rights laws
triggerForAction decennial United States census
typeOfRedistrictingBody congressional-only redistricting body
uses public hearings in the redistricting process
public submissions of map proposals
websiteType official government website

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New Jersey state legislative districts redistrictingBody New Jersey Redistricting Commission
this entity surface form: New Jersey Apportionment Commission