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New Jersey

A dated list of changes to how Americans vote: district maps, polling places and drop boxes, voting laws and rules, and courts and election officials. Each entry says who did what and when, shows what became of it, and links to the page it rests on. Attempts that failed are listed as failed. Entries that rest on a news report name the outlet.

This is the state view: events recorded for New Jersey, then national events that apply here. See the national timeline.

Congressional districts in New Jersey

Choose a district to see the events tagged to it. A number after the district is how many events name it.

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In New Jersey

2022

  1. Feb 18, 2022 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Apportionment Commission adopts the state legislative map by a 9-2 vote

    On Friday, February 18, 2022, the Legislative Apportionment Commission adopted a new map of the state’s 40 legislative districts by a 9-2 vote, with retired Judge Philip Carchman as tie-breaking member. Politico reported the map would be used beginning with the 2023 elections; adoption had been delayed a year because the pandemic delayed 2020 Census results.

    Related: Voters approve a constitutional change to the legislative redistricting schedule if census data is delayed

    Source last checked Oct 21, 2026

2021

  1. Dec 22, 2021 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Redistricting commission adopts a new congressional map on a tie-breaking vote

    On December 22, 2021, the 13-member New Jersey Redistricting Commission deadlocked 6-6 along party lines on a congressional map; chair John E. Wallace Jr., a former State Supreme Court justice, broke the tie and selected the proposal of the Democratic delegation, according to the State Commission of Investigation.

    Related: New Jersey Supreme Court dismisses challenge to the congressional map · State Commission of Investigation reports on the 2021 congressional redistricting process

    Source last checked Oct 21, 2026

2020

  1. Nov 3, 2020 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Voters approve a constitutional change to the legislative redistricting schedule if census data is delayed

    On the November 3, 2020 ballot, Public Question No. 3 asked voters whether to amend the constitution to change when new legislative districts are created if federal census data is delayed. The official results list 2,225,136 Yes votes and 1,625,382 No votes.

    Related: Apportionment Commission adopts the state legislative map by a 9-2 vote

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

2011

  1. Dec 23, 2011 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Redistricting Commission adopts New Jersey's congressional map for 2012-2021

    The New Jersey Congressional Redistricting Commission's website states that "On December 23, 2011, the Redistricting Commission adopted the 'New Jersey Congressional Districts: 2012-2021' map, and filed it with the Secretary of State." The commission had scheduled the meeting to vote on a plan for congressional districts to be in effect for the next ten years.

    Related: Redistricting commission adopts a new congressional map on a tie-breaking vote

    Source last checked Oct 23, 2026

  2. Apr 3, 2011 State Maps and lines Enacted

    Apportionment Commission adopts New Jersey's 2011 legislative district map by a 6-5 vote

    The Apportionment Commission's website states that on April 3, 2011 the commission "adopted the 'New Jersey Legislative Districts: 2011-2020' map, and filed it with the Secretary of State." A Superior Court opinion in a later challenge records that the map was approved 6-5: five commissioners and the eleventh member voted for it and the other five commissioners voted against.

    Related: Superior Court dismisses challenge to New Jersey's 2011 legislative map · Apportionment Commission adopts the state legislative map by a 9-2 vote

    Source last checked Oct 23, 2026

Nationwide

2026

  1. Sep 10, 2026 National Maps and lines Proposed

    Census Bureau proposes residence criteria for the 2030 census that would exclude some noncitizens from the apportionment count

    On September 10, 2026 the Census Bureau, an agency of the Department of Commerce, published a proposed rule in the Federal Register (91 FR 57524, Docket No. 260903-0005, RIN 0607-AA75) that would add two new parts to the Code of Federal Regulations: residence criteria for the decennial census, and standards and restrictions for demographic questions on the census questionnaire. On residence, the notice states that "the Census Bureau proposes to include lawful permanent residents within the apportionment base, while excluding from the apportionment base illegal aliens and aliens whose legal status is less durable and indefinite in length than lawful permanent resident status," and says it is considering using administrative records to determine legal status. The comment period, first set to end October 13, 2026, was extended to November 2, 2026 by a notice published October 5, 2026. Al Jazeera and CNBC reported on the proposal, and CNBC reported that opponents expect litigation.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

2021

  1. Aug 12, 2021 National Maps and lines Settled

    Census Bureau releases 2020 redistricting data for states

    On August 12, 2021, the Census Bureau released the 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File, which it described as delivering data for states to begin redistricting. On September 16, 2021, it released the same data in an easier-to-use format on data.census.gov and delivered a toolkit to states.

    Source last checked Oct 22, 2026

  2. Apr 26, 2021 National Maps and lines Settled

    Census Bureau announces 2020 Census apportionment results

    On April 26, 2021, the Census Bureau announced that the 2020 Census resident population of the United States on April 1, 2020 was 331,449,281, and that Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo delivered the population counts used for apportionment of the U.S. House to the President.

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

1967

  1. Dec 14, 1967 National Maps and lines Enacted

    Congress requires single-member congressional districts (Public Law 90-196)

    Public Law 90-196, approved December 14, 1967, provides that in each state entitled to more than one Representative "there shall be established by law a number of districts equal to the number of Representatives to which such State is so entitled," with "no district to elect more than one Representative."

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

How this timeline is built

Every entry rests on at least one source that was opened and read, and that source states the date and the fact. Courts, legislatures, election offices, the Justice Department, the Census Bureau, the Federal Register and Congress.gov come first. A news report is used only when no official page states the fact, and it is labeled with the outlet's name. Encyclopedias are not used as sources. History starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. County names come from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer. Congressional district numbers are those in use for the 2026 election; an event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district.

When a later event changes an earlier one, such as a law later struck down, both entries are listed and point to each other. This page does not predict outcomes or say which party a change helps. U.S. House maps for 2026 · Back to the 2026 voting center.