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A woman walks into a polling center to vote in the mid-term elections as the morning sun rises over the Utah Wasatch Mountains on November 6th, 2018, in Provo, Utah.
News in Brief

How Did Citizen-Led Redistricting Initiatives Fare in the Mid-Terms?

The answer: pretty well.

Census workers inform ethnic Russians of the upcoming census count in the Russian enclave of Brighton Beach on March 7th, 2010, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
Social Justice

Weighing the Pros and Cons of a More Technology-Dependent Census

The 2020 census will rely on more digital innovation than ever, which is creating both concerns and opportunities.

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News in Brief

Fetishizing All the Pretty Congressional Districts

Creating nice-looking congressional districts can often undermine their far more important political qualities—but that hasn't stopped people from trying.