Triad Cities Awaiting Census Data May Delay Elections by David Ford
4:49pm Feb 17, 2021 The General Assembly passed new legislative maps for the 2020 election, including the House districts in the Triad. Credit: North Carolina General Assembly
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The U.S. Census faced severe challenges in 2020. There were natural disasters, a pandemic, earlier deadlines and the fallout is being felt locally. Last Friday, State Board of Elections officials were told that local district data based on the census results used to draw new maps will be arriving six months late this year. That may force cities in the Triad to push back local elections, keeping current leaders in office beyond their original terms.
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Census 2011 finalised and published, sans caste data: Govt
The data of Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) conducted in 2011 excluding the caste data has been finalised and published, Ministry of Home Affairs said in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Member of Parliament (MP) Anbumani Ramadoss from Tamil Nadu asked, Will the government release the socio-economic and caste census taken in the year 2011, if so then what are the details.
Responding to his query, the Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that SECC was conducted by the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) and the then Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA) in rural and urban areas respectively.