Census
The U.S. Census is required under the U.S. Constitution to occur every 10 years and is the process of counting every resident in the country. For the first time ever, the Census will be primarily digitally based.
Today is Census Day, the official launch of the 2020 Census!
It’s 2020, and that means in addition to a presidential election, this year is also a critical census year.
Community organizing and advocacy will be an essential part of GOTC efforts this year. Here's what's at stake.
The League joined the Census Project and other national and state organizations calling for full funding of the 2020 Census in the FY20 appropriations bills.
Officials at the state level in Texas have decided not to spend any money on the 2020 census, even though in the past 10 years the population of Texas has grown massively. So business leaders, large cities and even nonprofits in Texas say they're being forced to step in instead.
Now that the threat of a citizenship question on the Census appears to have ended, the focus must turn toward ensuring the 2020 Census is conducted appropriately and comprehensively.
Late Tuesday the Trump Administration announced the 2020 Census forms will be printed without a citizenship question. The announcement came days after the Supreme Court blocked the question.
Today, the Supreme Court ruled in Department of Commerce v. New York that a citizenship question in the U.S. Census report cannot proceed. LWVNY was one of the several plaintiffs.
LWVUS joined organizations connected to the Coalition on Human Needs on a letter urging members of Congress to lift severe caps on domestic and international discretionary spending in Fiscal Years 2020 and 2021.