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Sign encouraging participation in the US Census in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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Hard Numbers: US Census bungle, US election workers afraid, Sweden ups defense spending, Oz beefs up army

18.8 million: The 2020 US Census reportedly miscounted a whopping 18.8 million people. The miscount underrepresented people of color while overcounting whites. This raises questions about the Census numbers’ validity as a basis for reallocating congressional and state Electoral College votes.

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