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

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

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 link to the live video feed. About the CAC The 2030 Census Advisory Committee (2030 CAC) will review and provide feedback related to 2030 Census plans and execution to assist the Census Bureau to devise strategies to increase census awareness and participation, reduce barriers to response, and enhance the public’s trust and willingness to respond. The CAC consists of 23 members representing stakeholder organizations, groups, interest, and viewpoints. The 2030…
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New 2030 Census Advisory Committee Members Appointed

New 2030 Census Advisory Committee Members Appointed

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 today announced the appointment of 23 members to its new 2030 Census Advisory Committee (2030 CAC). The 2030 CAC members, who represent various stakeholder organizations, groups, interests and viewpoints, have extensive census and survey experience. Under its charter, the 2030 CAC will assist the Census Bureau in devising strategies to increase awareness of and participation in the next decennial census, reduce barriers to response and enhance the public’s trust and willingness to respond.…
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Study: Partisan and Racial Representation Outcomes in the 2020 Redistricting Cycle

Study: Partisan and Racial Representation Outcomes in the 2020 Redistricting Cycle

A recent article published in Publius: The Journal of Federalism, explores and measures partisan fairness, competitiveness, and minority representation in newly enacted redistricting maps across the states. A summary of the results is below. Read the article here. Christopher Warshaw (George Wash. Univ.), Eric McGhee, (Public Policy Institute of California) and Michal Migurski (Planscore.org, USA) are coauthors of this study and they describe their findings with this statement in their abstract: "We find that both parties have enacted increasingly extreme partisan gerrymanders when they control the redistricting process. The combination of Republicans’ control of the redistricting process in far more…
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