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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Well, let's hope you take into account the recent litigation. You cannot have censuses where some States have corrected…”

On the recordNovember 15, 2016
Well, let's hope you take into account the recent litigation. You cannot have censuses where some States have corrected this, other States haven't, and then go to the American people and say we have an accurate census.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes the importance of uniformity in census counting across states.

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