07

Oct

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Video: CA Redistricting Commission Meeting – August 28, 2020

By Editor

Watch the August 28th meeting of the CRC. This meeting begins with discussion of agenda item No. 10: Karin MacDonald (Director Statewide Database) to Census Bureau on the American Community…

06

Oct

NEWS, POLICY and PRACTICE, Redistricting, VIDEOCalifornia, commission, crc

Video: CA Redistricting Commission Meeting – August 27, 2020

By Editor

Watch the August 27th meeting of the CRC. This meeting begins with discussion of agenda item No. 11: Training on General Government Structure and California Executive Branch Agencies including discussion…

05

Oct

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Federal Judge Reprimands Census Bureau for Violating its Restraining Order

By Editor

On Sept. 24th the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California issued a preliminary injunction that enjoins the U.S. Census Bureau from ending its counting operations on September…

01

Oct

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Monthly Redistricting Update: September

By Editor

Its October 1st and here is what happened on the redistricting front in September. The big news has been the litigation surrounding the census's operations and how the data will…

25

Sep

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Federal Judge Orders Census Count to Continue Through Oct 31

By Editor

A U.S. District Judge in the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary injunction that enjoins the U.S. Census Bureau from ending its counting operations on September 30. The…

21

Sep

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Restraining Order Halting Census Wind-down Operation is Extended by Judge

By Editor

On Thursday, a federal district court judge extended a temporary restraining order barring the Census Bureau from wrapping up its counting operations in order to deliver census results on its…

14

Sep

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Video: New York Legislators Hold Public Hearing on Redistricting

By Michelle Davis

Hoping to grapple with an untenable confluence of logistical realities, the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment held this hearing in July to deal with possible delayed census…

14

Sep

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Washington State Data Office: Privacy Protected Census Data it Sampled is “Unfit” to Use

By Michelle Davis

"The majority of the data output from the DAS [disclosure avoidance system] appears to be unfit for most uses." Is how a letter to the Census Bureau's Disclosure Avoidance Team…

13

Sep

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Watch: House Committee Holds Hearing on Census Timeline

By Editor

On September 10, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held a hearing on the status of the Census Bureau's operations in light of Covid-19 delays and other challenges. The…