League Commends Chairman Gowdy for Demanding DOJ Official Answer Census Citizenship Questions (Blog)

5/9/2018

It is up to Congress to exercise oversight authority over the Census Bureau and  remove the citizenship question from the 2020 Census.   

League Joins Groups Demanding Oversight Hearings on Census Citizenship Question (Article)

4/12/2018

The League joined letters calling on the committees of jurisdiction in the U.S. Senate and  House to address the inclusion of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. 

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Critics Say Citizenship Question on Census Could Lead to Undercount (News Clips)

3/27/2018

For the first time in more than half a century, the decennial census will ask respondents to indicate whether they’re a U.S. citizen or not.

League Sends Letter to President Trump Regarding Census Bureau Director (Legal Document)

7/18/2017

The League joined 168 national, state and local organizations in urging the President to nominate a highly qualified and widely respected professional to serve as the next Director of the U.S. Census…

Debate Watching Kit (Article)

8/31/2016

Candidate debates have a long history in American Politics. Here's your toolkit for tuning in to a Presidential Debate.

U.S. Supreme Court Considers the Idea of Representation (Blog)

12/11/2015

Evenwel v. Abbott, a case out of Texas, has the potential to upset the criteria for drawing state and local legislative districts so that they would be determined by the total number of voters…

League Joins Comments to Census Bureau (Article)

7/20/2015

The League joined national civil rights, voting rights, labor and criminal justice organizations in submitting comments to the Census Bureau asking that incarcerated persons be counted at their home…

It’s My First Election! (Blog)

11/2/2012

Since the 2000 Presidential Election, I have been anxiously waiting to get the opportunity to vote. I went as far as creating a mock election ballot for my elementary school for the 2004 Presidential…

Who Will Elect the President? The Electoral College System (Blog)

8/8/2000

Every four years, the Electoral College, a little-known feature of our Constitution, enjoys a fleeting movement of fame. About six weeks after the long grind of the presidential election is over, the…

Census (Topic Page)

The US Census is the once-in-a-decade process of counting every resident in the country. This data is then used to create district maps during the redistricting cycle.