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The Democratic Map Will Be Approved Today

By Art Gallagher

Multiple news outlets are reporting that Professor Alan Rosenthal, the 11th member of the Apportionment Commission will cast his vote for the Democratic map when the commission has its final meeting in Trenton at noon today.

Assemblyman Jay Webber, the Republican co-chair of the commission told Poltickernj that his team was disappointed and believed they submitted a better map.  Webber said the new map will be an improvement from the current map.

Democratic co-chair Assemblyman John Wisiewski, also the Democratic State Chairman, told Politickernj that his side won by submitting a map the more closely complied with the standards Rosenthallaid out when he joined the commission a month ago.  The Democratic map minimizes incumbency disruption and has a smaller population deviation among districts than the Republican map does.

Both sides expect that the Democrats will retain control of the legislature with the new map, but by smaller margins than their current representation.

MMM will report on the impact the new map will have on Monmouth County districts this afternoon after the map is released.

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Posted: April 3rd, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Redistricting | Tags: , | 5 Comments »

5 Comments on “The Democratic Map Will Be Approved Today”

  1. TR said at 9:30 am on April 3rd, 2011:

    So once again the “neutral” academic gives us a gerrymandered Democratic map.

    We were better off under the old system.

    For those of you who have short memories I want to remind everyone that the person to blame for this debacle of a system is EX (thankfully) Republican Monmouth County Senator and Senate President John O. Bennett.

    Thanks a heap Johhny.

  2. Say What?? said at 10:43 am on April 3rd, 2011:

    The 1947 says:

    1. After the next and every subsequent decennial census of the United States, the Senate districts and Assembly districts shall be established, and the senators and members of the General Assembly shall be apportioned among them, by an Apportionment Commission consisting of ten members, five to be appointed by the chairman of the State committee of each of the two political parties whose candidates for Governor receive the largest number of votes at the most recent gubernatorial election. Each State chairman, in making such appointments, shall give due consideration to the representation of the various geographical areas of the State. Appointments to the Commission shall be made on or before November 15 of the year in which such census is taken and shall be certified by the Secretary of State on or before December 1 of that year. The Commission, by a majority of the whole number of its members, shall certify the establishment of Senate and Assembly districts and the apportionment of senators and members of the General Assembly to the Secretary of State within one month of the receipt by the Governor of the official decennial census of the United States for New Jersey, or on or before February 1 of the year following the year in which the census is taken, whichever date is later.
    2. If the Apportionment Commission fails so to certify such establishment and apportionment to the Secretary of State on or before the date fixed or if prior thereto it determines that it will be unable so to do, it shall so certify to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey and he shall appoint an eleventh member of the Commission. The Commission so constituted, by a majority of the whole number of its members, shall, within one month after the appointment of such eleventh member, certify to the Secretary of State the establishment of Senate and Assembly districts and the apportionment of senators and members of the General Assembly.
    3. Such establishment and apportionment shall be used thereafter for the election of members of the Legislature and shall remain unaltered until the following decennial census of the United States for New Jersey shall have been received by the Governor.
    Article IV, Section III, paragraphs 1, 2, 3 amended effective December 8, 1966.

    Did not know Bennett wrote it in 47 or amended it in 66.

  3. neptunematters said at 11:00 am on April 3rd, 2011:

    We think this “s–ks” big time. In the end, this system does not remove impartiality, it only rewards partisanship efforts in that the supposedly neutral 11th member has to pick a partisan map.

    Our further thoughts follow:

    http://neptunematters.com/2011/04/03/breaking-news-on-state-redistricting/

  4. Say What. said at 12:48 pm on April 3rd, 2011:

    the process used to implement this was changed and Bennett was a big part of that

  5. TR said at 4:08 pm on April 3rd, 2011:

    That last comment was to say what not by say what