The Census Bureau's latest data dump officially kicks off a compressed, state-by-state fight to redraw the nation's political maps
The Census Bureau's long-awaited release of redistricting data Thursday will unleash a torrent of new state political maps in the weeks and months to come, starting with the handful of states pressed against early fall deadlines to enact new district boundaries.
"I know that a lot of folks in the states are looking forward to getting started as well. There's been a lot of frustration,” said Adam Kincaid, the executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust. “They're staring at primary dates and other things and wondering if they're going to hit their deadlines, if they're going to be able to get things done on time.”
The dataset could also give an indication of whether the Census undercounted people of color in certain regions, and a state-by-state review will reveal "These data play an important role in our democracy, and also begin to illuminate how the local and demographic makeup of our nation has changed over the last decade," said Ron Jarmin, the acting director of the Census Bureau, during a presentation Thursday.A handful of states are expected to move quickly in considering new maps, including Colorado, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Iowa. Other states with early deadlines: Oregon, North Carolina, California and Virginia.
“We needed data to create preliminary plans so we would have something to talk about when we went out on the road,” Jessika Shipley, the staff director of the state’s independent commission, said of the initial
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