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Senators just introduced a bipartisan bill to extend 2 key deadlines -- for apportionment data + delivering redistricting data to states -- for the 2020 Census.
It allow the Census Bureau to keep processing data after dealing with lots of delays due to COVID.
It allow the Census Bureau to keep processing data after dealing with lots of delays due to COVID.
Why does a bill like this matter?
Because without these extensions, there could be a severe undercount of the US population -- specifically in Native, minority and rural communities.
Because without these extensions, there could be a severe undercount of the US population -- specifically in Native, minority and rural communities.
So what if there's a severe undercount in Native, minority + rural communities?
It means those communities lose political power + become poorer. For at least a decade.
From August, when Trump's Census leaders decided to end the census count early: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/census-bureau-2020-native-american-tribes-undercount_n_5f355270c5b6960c0671ca77
It means those communities lose political power + become poorer. For at least a decade.
From August, when Trump's Census leaders decided to end the census count early: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/census-bureau-2020-native-american-tribes-undercount_n_5f355270c5b6960c0671ca77
Senators introducing this bill: Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska).
(This bill hasn't been introduced yet.)
