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The secretary will receive state population totals and apportionment results at the same time, a Census Bureau spokesperson said.
CENSUS BUREAU AIMS TO DELIVER STATE POPULATION TOTALS BY APRIL 30BRITTANY MAYESJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe administration has pushed the Census Bureau to produce state population totals in time for the president to try to exclude undocumented immigrants from apportionment before he leaves office.
HOUSE PANEL, SEEKING CENSUS DOCUMENTS, SUBPOENAS COMMERCE SECRETARY WILBUR ROSSTARA BAHRAMPOURDECEMBER 10, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIn addition to apportionment, decennial census data is used to determine federal funding and state redistricting for a decade.
LAWMAKER ASSAILS COMMERCE DEPT. OVER FAILURE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ABOUT 2020 CENSUS ANOMALIESTARA BAHRAMPOURDECEMBER 3, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIn addition to apportionment, decennial census data is used to determine a decade’s worth of federal funding and state redistricting.
ANOMALIES PLAGUE MORE THAN 1 MILLION CENSUS RECORDS, LAWMAKER SAYSTARA BAHRAMPOURDECEMBER 3, 2020WASHINGTON POSTKoh’s preliminary injunction suspended that end-of-the-year deadline, giving Census Bureau statisticians time to crunch the numbers for apportionment from the start of November until the end of next April, for the time being.
CENSUS MUST CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER MONTH, JUDGE SAYSVERNE KOPYTOFFSEPTEMBER 25, 2020FORTUNEThe same superiority was accorded to Newport in the apportionment of state officers, five of whom were required to live there.
A SHORT HISTORY OF RHODE ISLANDGEORGE WASHINGTON GREENEThe apportionment of blame, or prolonged discussion of the matter, is out of place in a biography of Nelson.
THE LIFE OF NELSON, VOL. I (OF 2)A. T. (ALFRED THAYER) MAHANEvidence was given that the other conspirators had agreed upon the apportionment among themselves of the high offices of State.
SIR WALTER RALEGHWILLIAM STEBBINGEvery difficult question in the apportionment of these separate accounts should be talked over thoroughly.
THE AMERICAN COUNTRY GIRLMARTHA FOOTE CROWIt conveys a valuable lesson as to the apportionment of praise and blame.
PLATO AND THE OTHER COMPANIONS OF SOKRATES, 3RD ED. VOLUME III (OF 4)GEORGE GROTEWORDS RELATED TO APPORTIONMENT
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