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On the recordJuly 17, 2012
The Census is geographically grounded because it is used for apportionment, but often people are unaware that locally within the State it is also used for recalculating voting districts.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper highlights the importance of geographic data in the census for voting district calculations.

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