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Prisoners of the Census: Electoral and Financial Consequences of Counting Prisoners Where They Go, Not Where They Come From
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Prisoners of the Census: Electoral and Financial Consequences of Counting Prisoners Where They Go, Not Where They Come From
Publication year:
2004
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The impacts on electoral apportionment and on funding allocation due to the manner in which the U.S. Census Bureau counts incarcerated individuals are examined. Sections of this article include: the rules of census operation; a map of how prisons move people; the vote and political apportionment; the money and determining resource distribution; and recommendations for reform. "In brief, the article finds consistent, low-level distortions in both voting and funding that could be avoided if the Census Bureau [changed one "simple rule"] and counted people differently" (p. 589).