Every Person, Counted
US Census taker greeting resident at the front door with a handshake.
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web provides information on the upcoming 2022 Census Report data gathering.
The 2020 census is coming up. Excited? You should be. According to the Constitution, the federal government must count up how many people are living in the U.S. once every decade. That information is then used to make critical determinations about how much federal money is given to communities, as well as each state’s share of congressional seats and Electoral College votes, for the next ten years. But even so, not everyone participates in the census. Here, Election Central takes a closer look at why this is, as well as steps the federal government is taking to try to improve this number.
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