The new census numbers kicked off redistricting. That’s even more complicated than you may realize.
Rowan McGarry Williams, Noah Kim, Deanna Han & Sara Sadhwani
August 25, 2021
The bureau is required by law to provide the official census count to the states. Once states receive that once-a-decade data, they begin redistricting, in which each state must redraw its congressional boundaries to ensure each district has roughly equal population before they vote for their political representatives in next year’s midterm elections.