New Jersey Redistricting Commission

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governmental body independent bipartisan commission redistricting commission

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
New Jersey Apportionment Commission	4
New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission	2
New Jersey Redistricting Commission canonical	2
New Jersey congressional redistricting	1
New Jersey congressional redistricting commission	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6269060 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Jersey Redistricting Commission
Context triple: [United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey, mapsProducedBy, New Jersey Redistricting Commission]

A. New York Independent Redistricting Commission
The New York Independent Redistricting Commission is a bipartisan body responsible for drawing and proposing electoral district maps for New York’s state and congressional elections.
B. Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission
The Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission is the constitutionally mandated body responsible for redrawing state legislative district boundaries in Pennsylvania following each decennial census.
C. California Citizens Redistricting Commission
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission is an independent, citizen-led body responsible for drawing California’s legislative and congressional district boundaries to promote fair and nonpartisan representation.
D. New Jersey Division of Elections
The New Jersey Division of Elections is the state agency responsible for administering and overseeing elections, voter registration, and compliance with election laws in New Jersey.
E. New Jersey's 2nd congressional district
New Jersey's 2nd congressional district is a large, mostly rural and coastal U.S. House district in southern New Jersey that includes Atlantic City, Cape May, and much of the state's southern shoreline.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Jersey Redistricting Commission
Target entity description: The New Jersey Redistricting Commission is an independent bipartisan body responsible for drawing and adjusting the state’s congressional district boundaries following each census.

A. New York Independent Redistricting Commission
The New York Independent Redistricting Commission is a bipartisan body responsible for drawing and proposing electoral district maps for New York’s state and congressional elections.
B. Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission
The Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission is the constitutionally mandated body responsible for redrawing state legislative district boundaries in Pennsylvania following each decennial census.
C. California Citizens Redistricting Commission
The California Citizens Redistricting Commission is an independent, citizen-led body responsible for drawing California’s legislative and congressional district boundaries to promote fair and nonpartisan representation.
D. New Jersey Division of Elections
The New Jersey Division of Elections is the state agency responsible for administering and overseeing elections, voter registration, and compliance with election laws in New Jersey.
E. New Jersey's 2nd congressional district
New Jersey's 2nd congressional district is a large, mostly rural and coastal U.S. House district in southern New Jersey that includes Atlantic City, Cape May, and much of the state's southern shoreline.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

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 ⓘ President of the New Jersey Senate ⓘ linked to: New Jersey State Senator Senate Minority Leader of New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New Jersey State Senator Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly ⓘ state party chairs of the two largest political parties in New Jersey ⓘ
appointingAuthorityForTiebreaker	Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court ⓘ linked to: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
canProduce	multiple proposed congressional maps ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
decisionMethod	majority vote of commissioners ⓘ
distinctFrom	New Jersey Apportionment Commission ⓘ linked to: New Jersey Redistricting Commission
follows	federal reapportionment after each census ⓘ
hasLegalBasis	New Jersey Constitution ⓘ linked to: Constitution of New Jersey
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 ⓘ linked to: New Jersey, United States
locatedIn	New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New Jersey, United States
mapEffectiveFor	subsequent decade of congressional elections ⓘ
meetsEvery	10 years ⓘ
responsibleFor	New Jersey congressional redistricting plan ⓘ
state	New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New Jersey, United States
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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