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Gary Locke: The Supreme Court has made it very clear that statistical sampling is not permissible for apportionment purposes. That…

On the recordMarch 17, 2009
The Supreme Court has made it very clear that statistical sampling is not permissible for apportionment purposes. That is the law. We will enforce the law. That is the position, plain and simple.
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Gary Locke

Editor's note · Context

Locke asserts the legality of using actual counts over statistical sampling for the census.

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