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The 2020 census data needed for the redrawing of voting districts around the country are extremely delayed and now expected by Sept. 30.
A senior Democratic aide who was briefed by the Census Bureau on Friday, but not authorized to speak ahead of the bureau’s planned public announcement, first confirmed the schedule change to NPR earlier on Friday.
Then, in a statement, the bureau said the timing shift allows it to “deliver complete and accurate redistricting data in a more timely fashion overall for the states,” which are expected to receive the information at the same time rather than on a rolling basis as after past head counts.
Dogged by the coronavirus pandemic and the Trump administration’s interference with the census schedule, the latest expected release date — six months past the March 31 legal deadline — could throw upcoming elections into chaos in states facing tight redistricting deadlines for Congress, as well as state and local offices.
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