This Presidential Primary coincides with a state/local primary. These coinciding primaries tend to have an impact upon voter turnout.

Participation in New Jersey's delegate selection process is open to all voters registered as Democrats. A detail: "Independent" voters are ineligible to vote in the Democratic Primary, however, "Unaffiliated" voters are eligible to participate with the understanding that their party affiliation will automatically change to Democrat upon casting their vote.

Tuesday 4 June 2024: New Jersey Primary. Hours reportedly 6:00a-8:00p EDT (1000-0000 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Modified Primary.

Primary
Included in Nationwide vote.
Estimate updated 11 June 2024 02:30p EDT.

126 of 145 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's New Jersey Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the congressional district or statewide level. Write in candidates are permitted. How the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

• 84 delegates are to be pledged proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in each of 20 "delegate districts" (unlike the Democratic Parties in most other states, New Jersey's Democrats will not be allocating the state's district delegates to the Democratic National Convention by congressional district but, instead, will utilize 20 special "delegate districts", each of which will consist of two Legislative Districts paired together. (New Jersey elects its State Legislature by Legislative District shared by both the Senate [the upper house] and the General Assembly [the lower house]: each of the state's 40 Legislative Districts [LD] elects 1 of the 40 state senators and 2 of the 80 state assemblymen).
• In addition, 42 delegates are to be pledged to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
  • 28 at-large National Convention delegates
  • 14 Pledged PLEOs

Primary

District-level delegates are elected by a two-part primary in which delegate positions are allocated based on a Presidential preference primary and filled through the election of delegates directly on the ballot. National Convention District delegates slates are approved by each Presidential candidate prior to the primary.

Wednesday 12 June 2024: Special post-Primary State Convention.

Saturday 15 June - Tuesday 18 June 2024: Democratic State Committee / State Convention

National Convention Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 19 National Convention delegates consist of

• 19 Unpledged PLEO delegates:
• 8 Democratic National Committee members.
• 10 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 8 Representatives).
• 1 Governor.
• 0 Distinguished Party Leaders.

These 19 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

16 March 2022: NJDSC Letter to DNC to consider making New Jersey one of the first presidential primary states, LeRoy J. Jones, Jr., Chairman, New Jersey Democratic State Committee

circa 28 March 2023: A bill has been drafted in the New Jersey legislature that would allow New Jersey to employ ranked choice voting.