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What’s New About Redistricting in 2020? – It’s Going To Start Late

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Really late. The pre-Covid decades were very much predictable in terms of census data releases. The apportionment data, pursuant to statute, would be delivered to the President and Congress by…

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Special Citizens Voting-Age Population Tabulation Canceled by Census Bureau

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While the big news from the Census Bureau regarding the delayed apportionment and redistricting data has dominated the headlines as of late, the bureau also announced that it would be…

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Maryland Governor Creates Citizens Redistricting Commission

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Gov. Larry Hogan announced that he would establish The Maryland Citizens Redistricting Commission to redraw the state's congressional and state legislative boundaries. The application period for members of the public…

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Watch: The New Virginia Redistricting Commission Conducts its First Full Meeting

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The brand new 2021 Virginia Redistricting Commission is up and running. This is new for the state, so all eyes will be on the 16-member commission as redistricting looms. You…

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Census Bureau Announces Revised Data Release Schedule But Stops Short on Firm Date for Redistricting Data

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The target date for apportionment data is April 30 2021. Bureau officials say a date for the release of redistricting data for the states is forthcoming, but they are certain…

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Apportionment Numbers Delayed Until March

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"Uncertainty over the timing of congressional apportionment increased Monday, as government lawyers told a federal judge the Census Bureau's new internal target date for finalizing state population counts is March…

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U.S. Supreme Court Decides Not to Decide Illegal Immigrant Apportionment Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that the White House request to the Census Bureau to modify the population count to exclude undocumented immigrants was not ripe. The per…

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Listen: Supreme Court Oral Argument in Trump Apportionment / Citizenship Case

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On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. New York. This case challenged an executive memo directing the Census Bureau to report official congressional apportionment data…

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Census Bureau Director Says “Processing Anomalies” will Delay Census Data Release Schedule

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On November 19th the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau released a short statement acknowledging "certain processing anomalies" in the decennial census data collected earlier this year. While the director…

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Commission Meeting Video: CA Citizens Independent Redistricting Commission

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The 14-member California Citizens Redistricting Commission was established in 2008 by a citizen's initiative. It is responsible for redrawing the state's congressional, legislative, and Board of Equalization districts (BOE). Watch…