Republicans are signaling that the Census Bureau cannot take the extra time it needs to deliver the 2020 census amid the coronavirus pandemic — even if that risks severe inaccuracies in the once-a-decade count.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced a coronavirus relief proposal on Monday that did not include any provisions to extend legal deadlines for the 2020 census as the Census Bureau has requested.Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Rushing to deliver new state-population counts to the president by Dec. 31, and more detailed data to the states by March 31, 2021, as, could risk severe inaccuracies in the once-a-decade count, especially among people of color, immigrants, rural residents and other historically undercounted groups.
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