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The work relies on voter records and census data from two states that have vote by mail but didn't roll it out uniformly across the state.
VOTE BY MAIL DOESN’T REALLY CHANGE MUCH, ELECTION-WISEJOHN TIMMERAUGUST 27, 2020ARS TECHNICA
Using census data, the researchers identified the total number of eligible voters in the counties that adopted mail-in voting and those nationwide that did not.
MANDATORY MAIL-IN VOTING HURTS NEITHER DEMOCRATIC NOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATESSUJATA GUPTAAUGUST 26, 2020SCIENCE NEWS
Hollerith thought a census machine might have great commercial potential, and he asked Billings to join him in a venture to develop and commercialize it.
PUNCHING INTATE RYAN-MOSLEYAUGUST 19, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Like a census, these maps literally capture how neurons are distributed in the brain, what they look like, and how they layer within and between different brain regions.
THESE SCIENTISTS JUST COMPLETED A 3D ‘GOOGLE EARTH’ FOR THE BRAINSHELLY FANAUGUST 5, 2020SINGULARITY HUB 
The link means that we can use fast radio bursts to identify magnetars in the distant universe, allowing scientists to build a census of these extreme objects and better explain their origins.
A SURPRISE DISCOVERY POINTS TO THE SOURCE OF FAST RADIO BURSTSSHANNON HALLJUNE 11, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINE
The remaining figures, being taken from census returns and other reliable authorities, are more satisfactory.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL
The earliest census report which gives any information in regard to its population is that of 1810 when the population was 1,508.
THE POSTAL SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOCAL HISTORY OF BUFFALONATHAN KELSEY HALL
Of the heathen population, no census has ever been taken; but it probably exceeds 300,000.
THE CONDITION, ELEVATION, EMIGRATION, AND DESTINY OF THE COLORED PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATESMARTIN R. DELANY
The 1960 census confirmed such declines from the previous growth of cities in nearly all parts of the nation.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEY
Census enumerations since 1890 indicate that total employment in Virginia has expanded continuously.
HALLOWED HERITAGE: THE LIFE OF VIRGINIADOROTHY M. TORPEY
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WORDS RELATED TO CENSUS

  • census
  • inquiry
  • market survey
  • opinion research
  • poll
  • public opinion research
  • statistical study
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