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Lagging rural census response could cost Montana second U.S. House seat
June 11, 2020/
“That chance of that second seat could quite easily slip away, and then it’s another 10 years.”
Redistricting commissioner Jeff Essman
Members of the commission tasked with redrawing Montana’s legislative boundaries following the 2020 census expressed frustration over the state’s dragging response rate in Native communities and other rural areas June 10, citing complications from the COVID-19 pandemic that have disrupted get-out-the-count efforts.
