Atlanta Mayor, Along With Others, Push To Extend Key Census Deadline

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, and dozens of other mayors, have signed a letter asking the U.S. Census Bureau to extend the deadline for collecting responses.

Forty mayors are asking the deadline to be pushed back until the end of September. The deadline, as of now, is August 14.

“Mayor Bottoms signed on to the letter requesting an extension for the regional staff of the U.S. Census Bureau to ensure historically undercounted communities are counted,” a spokesperson said.