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Secretary Galvin urges state funding and local record improvements to prevent 2030 undercount
Summary
Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin told a legislative hearing that the state should expand support for municipal record-keeping and grant programs to reduce risks the commonwealth faces in getting an accurate count in 2030, citing student relocations and immigrant response hesitancy in 2020.
Massachusetts Secretary William Galvin told a legislative hearing that the commonwealth must invest in local technical assistance and outreach to reduce the risk of an undercount in the 2030 census. Galvin recounted challenges from the 2020 census — pandemic-related disruptions, litigation over citizenship questions and significant local variation in records — and said the state needs to shore up municipal lists and support community outreach.
“It's a crisis in a sense,” Galvin said, noting litigation and pandemic disruption multiplied the usual counting challenges. He described two major 2020 complications: a sudden campus shutdown that removed many students from campus addresses shortly before Census Day, and…
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