New Jersey Legislative Apportionment Commission Co-Chairs Al Barlas and LeRoy J. Jones, Jr. Release Statement on Legislative Map Agreement

TRENTON, NJ – Following an agreement on the new legislative map by the New Jersey Legislative Apportionment Commission, Co-Chairs Al Barlas and LeRoy J. Jones have released the following statement:

“We are pleased to announce that the New Jersey Legislative Apportionment Commission has reached a consensus with the guidance of Independent Member Judge Philip Carchman on a map that will provide fair and responsive legislative districts for all New Jersey residents for the coming decade.

This historic agreement comes after the Commission already made history with the number of public hearings held, the publication of maps for comment, and the amount of substantive public input received. We believe the new map is responsive to the communities of interest testimony received by the Commission, while still adhering to Judge Carchman’s revised standards for map drawing.

We want to thank our Commissioners for their hard work throughout this process, our Executive Directors Brian Alpert and Saily Avelenda, and counsels Raj Parikh and Jason Torchinsky, Raysa Martinez-Kruger and the Office of Legislative Service, and the other professionals that helped guide the Commission.”