12

Feb

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The Census Bureau Sets a Target Date for Long-awaited Redistricting Data Delivery to the States

By Editor

The U.S. Census Bureau announced today the target date for delivering redistricting data to the states; the final component needed to redraw congressional and legislative lines. The relevant excerpts from…

11

Feb

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

By Editor

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…

10

Feb

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Special Citizens Voting-Age Population Tabulation Canceled by Census Bureau

By Editor

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…

28

Jan

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

By Editor

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…

20

Nov

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

By Editor

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…

08

Sep

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What Does Differential Privacy in Census Data Mean for the Task of Redistricting?

By Michelle Davis

The law requires that any identifying information you give the Census Bureau be kept confidential for 75 yrs, but simply removing your information from what is published is no longer…

01

Sep

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Understanding the 2020 Census Disclosure Avoidance Policy. A.K.A. “Differential Privacy”

By Michelle Davis

The Census Bureau is mandated by the U.S. constitution to complete a count of the population every decade. Few realize however, that Title 13, Sec. 9 of the U.S. Code…

24

Jul

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Listen to the NCSL Webinar on Recent Supreme Court Gerrymandering Decisions

By Editor

Last week the National Conference of State Legislatures hosted this webinar on the recent Supreme Court Partisan Gerrymandering decisions.  You can watch/listen below.  The discussion gives good insight into the…