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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “The original legal purpose of the decennial census, as intended by our Nation's Founders.”

On the recordJuly 28, 2020
The original legal purpose of the decennial census, as intended by our Nation's Founders.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Schultz argues that apportionment is the primary purpose of the census as per the Constitution.

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