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The U.S. Census Bureau has begun accepting challenges from states, cities and tribal nations that want to contest the results of the 2020 census.

The U.S. Census Bureau has begun accepting challenges from states, cities and tribal nations that want to contest the results of the 2020 census.

The Broome County Legislature postponed adopting a new map of the county’s 15 legislative districts, Thursday night, following a public hearing. The map would allow many Republican incumbents to keep their current seats.

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Between 1990 and 2010, the U.S. Census incorrectly counted prisoners at the Butner federal prison complex, assigning some to the wrong county. The mistaken count affected millions in federal spending, plus the size and shape of local voting districts

Leaders of the Kansas legislature want to gerrymander Rep. Sharice Davids out of Congress, while discrimination lawsuits are piling up in states that have approved final district maps #NativeVote22

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republican legislative leaders want to toss a judge from a lawsuit over redistricting plans, arguing in papers filed Thursday that the jurist can't fairly consider the case in part because of prior legal work on such cases.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two civil rights groups are suing South Carolina, saying the newly drawn state House maps discriminate against Black people by diluting their voting power and again saying lawmakers are taking too long to approve U.S.

The world’s population is projected to be 7.8 billion people on New Year’s Day 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That represents an increase of 74 million people, or a 0.9% growth rate from New Year’s Day 2021.

The merger of Pine Valley into Pine Hill in Camden County still leaves the state with 564 municipalities, including 13 with less than 500 residents.