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Jamie Raskin: “The conduct of the decennial census was never supposed to be a political function.”

On the recordJune 7, 2018
The conduct of the decennial census was never supposed to be a political function.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Raskin emphasizes the nonpartisan nature of the census process.

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