Ohio

Report: Importing Constituents: Prisoners and Political Clout in Ohio by Peter Wagner and Rose Heyer, July 6, 2004
Press release: Census Bureau Policy Costs Ohio's Cities population; Urban Residents Lose Political Clout in Legislature July 6, 2004

Other published materials from the project that discuss Ohio:

Census Bureau’s Prisoner Count Hurts Ohio Democracy by John Hejduk, October 24, 2007
Counting prisoners in prison towns can burden local government [Grafton, Ohio] Fact of the Week, February 23, 2004

Coverage

Census shorts urban population Prisoner relocation skews census stats for large Ohio cities, by Adam Cook, The Lantern (Ohio State University), July 15, 2004.
Report: Prisoner census causes cities to lose political clout to rural areas, by Greg Wright, The Chillicothe Gazette (Ohio), July 7, 2004
Marion officials don't notice any increase in political clout by Kurt Moore, The Marion Star (Ohio), July 14, 2004. (See August 23, 2004 article below)
Report: Prisoner census causes cities to lose political clout to rural areas by Greg Wright, Gannett News Service, Chillicothe Gazette (Ohio), July 7, 2004
Inmate count hurts urban counties Part of population recorded in rural areas, study says, by Aaron Powell Jr., Dayton Daily News, July 7, 2004

Followup articles

Legislative districts belong to the people, not the politicians Fact of the week, August 23, 2004

Meet us

May 23, 2012:
Peter Wagner will be at the Funders Committee for Civic Participation Conference in Charlotte NC.
June 18-20, 2012:
Peter Wagner will be attending the Take Back the American Dream 2012 Conference in Washington D.C., where he is a finalist for the Campaign for America's Future Maria Leavey Tribute Award for unsung progressive heros.
July 16-18:
Peter Wagner will be at the OSF Fellows conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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