Appeals Court Denies Another Attempt To End Census Early By Trump Officials

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October 7th, 2020

U.S. Census Director Steven Dillingham departs a census news conference to urge Arizonans to participate in the nation’s once-a-decade population count Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, in Phoenix. Ending the 2020 census at the end of September instead of the end of October, could cost Florida and Montana congressional seats and result in Texas, Florida, Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina losing $500 million in federal funding for health care for its neediest residents.

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A federal appeals court has rejected another request from the Trump administration to set aside part of a lower court order that extends the counting timeline for the 2020 census.

The tallying of the country’s residents must keep going through Oct. 31 for now, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.

The administration has signaled it’s prepared to ask the Supreme Court next to allow the bureau to stop counting soon.

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