The Trump administration wants to delay the 2020 census deadline until October amid coronavirus, the House oversight cmte. says.
The deadline for finishing the head count also had been pushed back from the end of July to mid-August because of the pandemic.
Maloney said in a statement that the administration also is seeking to delay the deadline for delivering state population counts used for apportionment — the process of carving up congressional districts — from the end of this year to the end of next April. The administration also is seeking to push back the deadline for giving states data for redistricting from next March to next July, the statement added.
The Census Bureau confirmed the delays were being sought. It said in a statement that the goal of the delays would be to ensure a complete and accurate count.
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