Policy · 117th Congress
Census data delay adds to voting advocates’ equitable map woes
Voting rights watchdogs fear the tight schedule caused by late census data could allow political mapmakers to stray into racial gerrymandering
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Policy · 117th Congress
Census delay sends redistricting ripples nationwide
“Our current schedule points to April 30, 2021, for the completion of the apportionment counts.
Policy · 117th Congress
Census Bureau on inaugural clock after missing deadline
The agency uses those interviews to ensure that enumerators did not make mistakes or take shortcuts, but it cut them short because of the truncated schedule.
Policy · 116th Congress
Internal Census document: Shorter count risks ‘serious errors’
According to a Census Bureau document leaked to congressional Democrats, the shortened schedule for the 2020 headcount threatens the integrity of data.
Policy · 116th Congress
Shortened census schedule cuts data review time
will conclude all enumeration efforts on Sept. 30, and then comb through data before wrapping up the whole process by Dec. 31 — half the time the agency originally anticipated after delaying its initial schedule
Policy · 116th Congress
Shaheen asks for watchdog probe into Census Bureau schedule
[Census Bureau to halt counting efforts a month early] “I believe that this deviation in schedule is driven not by expert opinions of career Census Bureau employees but by external pressure
Policy · 116th Congress
House relief bill would give census time and money – with strings attached
Census officials also said the administration did not plan to use all of its $2 billion contingency fund to deal with the altered operation schedule.