Mass. retains House seats as population tops 7 million
At least 330 million people lived in the United States as of April, according to a Census Bureau estimate. (Dreamstime/TNS) Dreamstime
Published: 4/26/2021 7:24:19 PM
BOSTON Massachusetts will retain all nine of its U.S. House seats following the release of new Census Bureau data Monday that showed the state’s total population topping 7 million for the first time up from 6.5 million in the 2010 census.
Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, who oversees the census in Massachusetts, said he was pleased with the count.
“We’ve never topped 7 million,” Galvin said. “It’s good news for Massachusetts, We kept our congressional districts. We kept our electoral votes. We put a lot of effort into this.”
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Massachusetts will retain all nine of its U.S. House seats following the release of new Census Bureau data Monday that showed the state’s total population topping 7 million for the first time, up from 6.5 million in the 2010 census.
Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin, who oversees the census in Massachusetts, said he was pleased with the count.
“We’ve never topped 7 million,” Galvin said. “It’s good news for Massachusetts, We kept our congressional districts. We kept our electoral votes. We put a lot of effort into this.”
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âOur ability to campaign for office and access the ballot in a manner consistent with public health is currently undermined by state laws requiring us to collect a high number of âin-personâ signatures in order to appear on ballots in the city of Boston,â said John Barros, City Councilors Andrea Campbell and Annissa Essabi George, acting Mayor Kim Janey and state Rep. John Santiago.
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A state representative has proposed legislation requiring would-be voters to show a driver’s license, an armed services ID card or certain student IDs before receiving a ballot.
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