 The requirement of the Federal Supreme Court that the apportionment of all state legislatures be by population is stated . It mainly consists of an interim list of districts and the number of Senators they can elect until the next United States Census comes around and is received by the Governor . It also contains provisions for apportioning ten districts of the lower house . If it is deadlocked , the Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court will appoint an 11th and then the vote is by absolute majority . It was passed on election day , 1966 , but was first applied on January 17 , 2006 . This was superseded in 1995 by Article II , Section II . It took effect on December 7 , 1978 . Section VII , the final section of this constitution , was passed in a referendum on November 8 , 2005 , and takes full effect at noon , January 19 , 2010 , following the transfer of power to the next executive . 
