Census Data Delay Likely Means No Redistricting Session This Fall
Reply Results from the 2020 Census will guide Maryland's congressional and legislative redistricting process. ((Danielle E. Gaines photo)) February 17, 2021 The U.S. Census Bureau's decision to delay releasing population data until fall almost certainly guarantees that Maryland lawmakers won't redraw the state's political boundaries before next year, political analysts said on Tuesday. Subscribe They blamed the delay on the COVID-19 crisis, which made surveying every household in the country, a labor-intensive process that involves millions of face-to-face interactions, more difficult. Subscr...
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