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Jan

Racial Gerrymanderinglouisiana, News, racial gerrymandering, Voting Rights Act

Is Louisiana “Begrudgingly” Defending the State’s 2024 Congressional Map?

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Louisiana's 2022 congressional map faced a Section 2 vote dilution challenge because it had only one majority-Black district out of 6 in a state where one-third of the population is…

16

Jul

Census Data and Geographycensus, dataindepth, News, U.S. Census Bureau

Census Bureau to Hold Webinar on Release of 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics File B

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July 09, 2024 Press Release Number CB24-CN.16 JULY 9, 2024 —The U.S. Census Bureau will hold a prerelease webinar July 23 to discuss information about the 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing…

15

Jul

Census Data and GeographyDatanews, News, U.S. Census Bureau

The 2030 Census Advisory Committee will Meet in July. View the Agenda

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The 2030 Census Advisory Committee will meet on Friday, July 26, 2024. The meeting will be virtual and will take place between 10:30 am and 5:30 pm. This is the…

12

Jul

Census Data and Geographycensus, dataindepth, News, U.S. Census Bureau

Press Release: Census Bureau Provides Update on Remaining 2020 Census Data Products

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Date: July 08, 2024 Press Release Number CB24-CN.15 The U.S. Census Bureau today provided an update on the final three data products from the 2020 Census. Detailed Demographic and Housing…

03

Jul

Redistricting CommissionsCampaign Legal Center, Entities, IN-DEPTH, Latest, News, Newstop, Policy In-Depth, policyindepth, Policynews, redistricting commissions

Campaign Legal Center Issues a Performance Review of Redistricting Commissions during the 2021 Cycle

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On June 26, the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) released a report evaluating the performance of various redistricting commissions in the 2021 redistricting cycle. According to CLC, it was "based on…

04

Apr

Census Data and GeographyBasicsnews, census, data, Datanews, IN-DEPTH, News, U.S. Census Bureau

New 2030 Census Advisory Committee Members Appointed

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On Tuesday, March 26 the U.S. Census Bureau appointed members to the newly established 2030 Census Advisory Committee. Read the press release below. MARCH 26, 2024 — The U.S. Census Bureau…

15

Jan

Redistricting Criteriacontiguity, Criteria, policyindepth, Policynews, Wisconsin

Analysis of Proposed Legislative Redistricting Plans submitted to the Wisconsin Supreme Court (Marquette University Law School)

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In late December 2023, the Wisconsin Supreme Court invalidated the state legislative maps it had approved in 2022. The court's composition changed from a majority of conservative judges to a…

11

Jan

Census Data and Geographycensus, census data, data, Data In-Depth, dataindepth, IN-DEPTH, Race data and census, U.S. Census Bureau

Census Bureau Releases Summary File for 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics

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The U.S. Census Bureau yesterday released a set of summary file tables in response to data users’ requests for another way to download data in bulk from the 2020 Census…

10

Jan

Case Updates, HOME, LATEST, LAW, Race in Redistricting, Redistricting, Redistricting Litigation, Redistricting Race Rules, Voting Rights ActGeorgia, STATENEWS

Georgia Redistricting Update (Jan. 10, 2024)

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On October 26, 2023, a U.S. District Court ordered Georgia's legislative and congressional districts to be redrawn before the 2024 election. The legislature had passed those maps in 2021 following…