People were given more time to fill out the census because of the pandemic, which meant they also had more time to forget that they responded and possibly respond again, he said.
Rhode Island census overcount saved seat in Congress
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That, along with the fact that Rhode Island hosted the only test run of the census in 2018, helped keep the head count in the public eye, said John Marion, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island.
Fear, lack of funding hurt census in Sun Belt, advocates say
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