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Census Delay Could Push Arkansas Redistricting Decisions into Fall, Bureau Warns
Summary
Bureau of Legislative Research staff told the Senate committee that official 2020s-era census data likely won’t arrive until late September or early October, complicating congressional redistricting and potentially forcing recesses, filing-date changes or a governor-called special session.
Marty Garrity of the Bureau of Legislative Research told the Senate committee that officials do not expect to receive the federal census data until "late September [or] first of October," a delay that complicates drawing congressional maps to meet a 1% population-variance standard.
Garrity said the bureau has unofficial 2019 population-shift reports from Shelby Johnson (GIS) showing two northwest Arkansas counties…
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