In a Sunday column entitled, Redistricting the 800 lb. invisible gorilla, Bergen Record columnist Frank Hannon picks-up on the new legal landscape New Jersey's mapmakers are going to face this coming year that turns precedents followed during the last reapportionment process on their head.
Redistricting could have even greater consequences on the state level. Several complicated court cases, specifically Bartlett v. Strickland, McNeil v. Legislative Apportionment and others, may produce a more favorable map for New Jersey Republicans. Both parties will be vying to get a "good map." A "good map" is one that gives a particular party a better or at least a fighting chance of securing a majority in one or both houses. In 2001, Republicans got a "bad map."
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