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	<description>Challenging the Census Bureau&#039;s method of assigning residence to people in prison</description>
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		<title>Minnesota Post article on our new report</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Casey Selix writes about our new report, Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Minnesota in the Minnesota Post: Prison-policy study shows how inmate counts yield redistricting clout.
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		<link>http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2010/03/09/mnpost/</link>
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		<title>Census Bureau counts Minnesota&#8217;s incarcerated population in the wrong place; access to democracy distorted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New report identifies harm of prison-based gerrymandering in Minnesota, praises Pine County for fixing census flaw.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2010/03/09/mn_report/</link>
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		<title>Prison Populations a Big Issue for Census</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Census Project Blog has posted my guest blog post: Prison Populations a Big Issue for Census. Check it out.
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		<link>http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2010/03/09/censusproject/</link>
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		<title>Census empowers, does not dictate data use</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent media coverage reveals a misconception about basic principles of our electoral system.  The Census Bureau does not have a “new policy” regarding populations used in redistricting.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2010/03/08/census-no-policy/</link>
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		<title>Prison-based gerrymandering in Maryland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New report and resources on prison-based gerrymandering in Maryland ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2010/03/08/md_report/</link>
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		<title>Census Bureau Director blogs: &#8220;So, How do You Handle Prisons?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Census Bureau Director Robert Groves writes on his blog about how incarcerated people are counted in the Census.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2010/03/02/directorblo/</link>
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		<title>Times Herald-Record asks: Who gets to count inmates?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Orange County paper addresses the political log-jam that keeps prison-based gerrymandering on the books in New York State.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2010/03/01/timesherald/</link>
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		<title>Utica NY paper calls on Sen Griffo &amp; Assemblywoman Destito to oppose prison-based gerrymandering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Utica New York Observer-Dispatch calls prison-based gerrymandering "absurd" and says their state senator and assemblywoman should support reform bills.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2010/02/26/uticaeditorial/</link>
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		<title>Minnesota Post on prison-based gerrymandering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Post says advocates are working to end prison-based gerrymandering in that state.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2010/02/25/minnpost/</link>
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		<title>Wagner testimony at Congressional field hearing on Census group quarters count</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I tell Congress it's important to count people in prison in the right place; I praise Census Bureau for making it easier to find prison populations in the data.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/news/2010/02/25/fieldhearing/</link>
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