Thread by @hansilowang

BREAKING: Census Bureau confirms all #2020Census counting efforts will be cut a month short, risking a severe undercount of people of color. Collecting responses online, over the phone & by mail, plus door knocking at unresponsive homes, to end on Sept. 30
npr.org/2020/08/03/898…

2. Here is the key section of the statement from Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham confirming Sept. 30 as the new end date for all #2020Census counting efforts (full statement here:
census.gov/newsroom/press…):

3. Bureau's announcement comes after @NPR first reported #2020Census door-knocking efforts were being cut short. In-person interviews with unresponsive households started last month in some parts of U.S. and are set to expand nationwide on Aug. 11.
npr.org/2020/07/30/896…

@NPR 4. This last-minute change to end on Sept. 30 & cut short counting for the constitutionally mandated count of every person living in the U.S. threatens the accuracy of numbers used to determine the distribution of political representation & federal funding for the next decade.

@NPR 5. With roughly 4 out of 10 households nationwide yet to be counted and already delayed by the pandemic, the bureau now has less than 2 months left to try to reach historically undercounted groups who are not likely to fill out a #2020Census form on their own.

@NPR 6. The Census Bureau's webpage for its #2020Census schedule has been updated with Sept. 30 as the new end date for self-response and door knocking:
2020census.gov/en/news-events…