With 5 weeks to go, statisticians are worried that the 2020 US census may be a disaster. Here are their suggestions for how to avoid a serious undercount. https://t.co/XrRFErDBPa
— Jeffrey Mervis (@jeffmervis) August 24, 2020
“'If the current situation holds, I do not expect a census of the quality that the Census Bureau will even want to release the data,' said the official who oversaw the 2000 census…"https://t.co/8hOBu8rZl2
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) August 24, 2020
The 2020 census is short by about 80,000 field workers, people who knock on the doors of households that have not responded to the survey, the Commerce Department inspector general says https://t.co/impyRp1ui6 pic.twitter.com/FvbZ9D7Hyd
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 21, 2020
A coalition of groups, including those representing Blacks and women, filed what is at least the seventh lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's handling of the 2020 census this summer https://t.co/upo7zI4oRf
— CNN (@CNN) August 19, 2020
Inspector general asked to review Census Bureau’s decision to end count early https://t.co/JQevLYgS65
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 12, 2020
The census count is about money and power. Now, abrupt changes to the Census deadline by the Trump admin will likely lead to an undercount of Black and Latino communities. Latest w/ @KunkleFredrick https://t.co/QhrmbmIIdO
— Jose A. Del Real (@jdelreal) August 9, 2020
I just filed a motion to halt President Trump's efforts to illegally leave millions of undocumented immigrants out of the congressional apportionment in the #2020Census.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) August 7, 2020
I will take every legal action available to ensure all communities are properly represented in Congress.
“It’s an attempt at political beheading of the Latino vote,” said national @LULAC president Domingo Garcia. “It just reeks of political opportunism.”
— Vox (@voxdotcom) August 7, 2020
Cutting census counting a month short could suppress the vote of minority communities across the US: https://t.co/NSLucr0dn4
“This is more nefarious than people realize,” Stacey Abrams says of the census count finishing early. “Do not let them end the census early. Make them do their jobs so we have an accurate census and an accurate count of America.”https://t.co/NVmqfqVcJw
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 7, 2020
This violates the Fourteenth Amendment, which requires all “persons” to be counted. https://t.co/qTNbZ3KZX2
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) July 21, 2020
This move by #Trump to change to the CONSTITUTIONALLY mandated count of EVERY person in the USA! WOW! The exclusion of unauthorized immigrants from the numbers used to divide up seats in Congress seems HIGHLY illegal. Especially given the #SCOTUS ruling. Just. Wow. #Census2020
— @tiffanydcross (@TiffanyDCross) July 21, 2020
With a month left, a judge is asked to give the 2020 census more time https://t.co/kD0rG7cTn5 pic.twitter.com/XEitjqQ8rv
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) August 25, 2020
Sad! 