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New Op-ed: Census’ cell count steals voting power

by Peter Wagner, September 8, 2004

Emily Bazelon and I have an op-ed in the September 8, 2004 Newsday calling for the Census Bureau to change how it counts prisoners: Census’ cell count steals voting power.

Related briefings:

  1. Census miscounts prisoners, dilutes urban voting power +
  2. New research on Nevada, Montana, and Idaho: How the census is watering down the voting power of some communities +
  3. Census Bureau’s method of counting prisoners steals political clout from Las Vegas and Reno +

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