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Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights John Gore testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on preparations for the 2020 census. He was asked by…

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross spoke at a National Press Club Luncheon. He talked about several issues, including trade relations and negotiations with China, talks with European countries…

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a hearing on preparations for the 2020 census. The committee agreed to subpoena Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore, who was…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument for Benisek v. Lamone, a case concerning political gerrymandering in Maryland. Republican voters were challenging the 2011 6th Congressional District…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Abbott v. Perez, a consolidated case concerning redistricting in Texas. This case dates back to 2011 when the state House and congressional…

Former U.S. Census Bureau directorJohn Thompson and a panel of academics talked about the upcoming 2020 decennial census. Much of the conversation focused on a proposed question regarding a…

WI Votes Count was one of the first-prize high school central winners in C-SPAN Classroom’s StudentCam documentary contest. Will Foote and James Dyer, seniors at Whitefish Bay High School in Whitefish Bay,…

John Thompson talked about the cost of the 2020 U.S. Census and some of the controversies surrounding it. This program was part of C-SPAN’s “Your Money” series, during which a portion of…

Georgetown University Law Center hosted a panel discussion on the 2020 census preparations and management challenges. Among the panelists were John Thompson, the former U.S. Census Bureau…

Representatives Rod Blum (R-IA) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) took part in a forum on the need for all states to have an independent, non-partisan redistricting process. A constitutional…

Chase Gunter talked about the Trump administration’s decision to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census.

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the question "Should a citizenship question be included in the 2020 Census? Chase Gunter, FCW staff reporter, was interviewed by…

Aaron Bycoffe and David Wasserman talked about their new project on gerrymandering and redistricting.

Government oversight and non-governmental organization officials testified at a hearing on efforts to modernize operations of the Census Bureau before the 2020 census. Their testimony…

Trevor Potter, Bob Shrum, Leslee Sherrill, and others talked about potential electoral reform, including the Electoral College, redistricting, and voting rights.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument for Gill v. Whitford, a case involving redistricting in Wisconsin. A lower court in 2016 ruled that the state’s 2011 map drafted by the Republican controlled…

Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) was among the speakers at the “Rally to End Partisan Gerrymandering” outside the Supreme Court the same day oral argument was heard in Gill v.…

Panelists that included minority inclusion advocates and a representative of the U.S. Census Bureau talked about the future of the inclusion of the Arab-American community in the decennial…

Theodore Olson and Douglas Smith talked about the 1962 Supreme Court case Baker v. Carr, in which the court ruled that the drawing of election districts was a constitutional rather than a political question…

Adam Liptak talked about the Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case, Gill v. Whitford. The Supreme Court agreed to hear the case in its 2017-18 term. A lower court ruled that the state’s…