Yesterday the Census Bureau announced plans to end all counting
efforts for the 2020 Census on Sept. 20 -- a MONTH sooner than
planned. This decision includes critical door-knocking efforts
and collecting responses online, over the phone, and by mail.

This news is a bombshell. The constitutionally mandated count of
every person living in the US determines the size of each state's
delegation in the House of Representatives and its share of
critical federal funding for the next decade.

Click here to demand Republicans support an extension in the
Heroes Act to allow the COUNT to go on.
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With counting already delayed by the pandemic, an estimated 4
out of 10 households nationwide have yet to be counted. The
bureau now has less than two months to try to reach members of
historically undercounted groups who are less likely to complete
census forms on their own -- this has included people of color,
immigrants, renters, rural residents, and others.

The cost of an undercount would be enormous. Billions of federal
dollars are at stake in Maryland alone.

For every Marylander not counted, we will lose $18,000 per
person over ten years. That is federal money for schools,
transportation, housing, and healthcare -- vital funding for
essential services.

Make no mistake -- this is also a high stakes political moment.
Shortening the census count impacts how House seats are
reapportioned, and voting districts are redrawn. Shortening the
timeline could disproportionately hurt Democratic districts with
larger numbers of historically undercounted groups.

Demand Republicans support legislation to extend the 2020 Census
deadline and get a fair count.
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Thanks,

ChrisPaid for by Van Hollen for Senate
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