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Counting prisoners in prison towns can burden local government [Grafton, Ohio] Fact of the Week, February 23, 2004
Cities with large prisons: Counting prisoners as residents dilutes democracy in Mansfield Ohio Fact of the Week, September 29, 2003

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Census Bureau should use forms, not administrative records, to count people in prison Jun. 25, 2008
Legislators ask Census Bureau to change prison count May. 28, 2008
Prisons Warp Vote Jan. 8, 2008

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