> A vaccine and this.. what else needs to make it through before the elections? Terrifyingly, the census: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/us/census-bureau.h

> A vaccine and this.. what else needs to make it through before the elections? Terrifyingly, the census: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/us/census-bureau.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/24/us/census-bureau.html: > The count faces two crushing deadlines — to compile an accurate tally by Sept. 30, and to process and double-check the numbers in time to deliver population totals to the president by Dec. 31. The Census Bureau earlier had told Congress it needed to push the delivery of population totals to April 2021 because of the pandemic. > The Trump administration ordered the speedup, critics say, because it wants to subtract undocumented immigrants from the totals before sending them in January to Congress to reapportion the House. That plan — which faces multiple court challenges — would reshuffle House seats to give a modest advantage to the Republican Party. > It comes as the administration has installed political appointees in the Census Bureau’s top ranks — two in June and a third named last week to a new post: deputy director for data. Critics say the administration wants to change crucial statistical methodologies to give Republicans an even greater edge.