[EL] what if the Census is not defensibly accurate?

[Stephanie Singer]

This is an important hypothetical to consider. It’s within the realm of possibility. As is the parallel question for the election.

And if there is no constitutional Plan B, what would be likely to happen next?

> On Jul 15, 2020, at 3:53 PM, Jeff Hauser <jeffhauser at gmail.com> wrote:
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> My hypothetical is what happens if the results are trash. We are amidst an international pandemic while we have also just seen the twitter accounts of half of the world's most powerful people hacked nearly simultaneously. We also have a USPS being driven into bankruptcy by decades of ideological assault.
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> I  think saying that it is inconceivable that the Census might end up broken beyond repair is... not in good faith. It's a possibility, and experts should be thinking about what a Plan B might be within the constitutional mandate of a census under the terms specified by statute. 
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> On Wed, Jul 15, 2020 at 6:48 PM Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com <mailto:richardwinger at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> The Census Bureau has plenty of tools beyond just receiving responses from individuals.  The Post Office has records; there are utility records; property tax records including various homestead exemptions that show who lives at a particular address; credit reporting records; drivers license records.  All of those records are held by organizations cooperate with the Census Bureau.
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> Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
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> On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, 3:44:10 PM PDT, Jeff Hauser <jeffhauser at gmail.com <mailto:jeffhauser at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> 
> What if, due to malice or circumstance (including but not limited to a pandemic), the census that occurs in 2020 does not provide a result in which any person of good will can have confidence?
> 
> I'm not talking about litigation around the edges -- I am asking what if the whole thing appears rotten. What interpretative standards would be applied by courts, what would be the best work arounds....
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