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=====The Way the Census Counts Prison Populations Seriously Distorts Redistricting===== | |||
[https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/census-prison-count-distorts-redistricting-gerrymandering.html Slate 7/19/2019] | |||
But the bureau failed to understand the nature of its role. The current census policy leads state administrators to shuttle incarcerated people across states and deposit them in districts where atrophying population counts are bloated by the presence of prisons. One study analyzing state senate districts found that prison populations were often shifted in tandem with the life cycle of legislatures or governorships, conferring partisan advantage after switches in party control over the redistricting process. The bulk of the prison population—which numbers in the millions—is planted in small towns and rural areas, though many individuals hail from cities and surrounding suburbs. The result is that census data—both in terms of redistricting and in terms of an accurate population count—is soiled by the bureau’s own rules on counting people in prison. | |||
=====To Beat the Gerrymander, Think Outside the Lines===== | =====To Beat the Gerrymander, Think Outside the Lines===== | ||
[https://newrepublic.com/article/154424/beat-gerrymander-think-outside-lines The New Republic 6/08/2019] | [https://newrepublic.com/article/154424/beat-gerrymander-think-outside-lines The New Republic 6/08/2019] | ||
