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🚨 BREAKING: Census Comment Deadline Extended to November 2!

Be proud of what public input can achieve. Let's keep the momentum going.

👉 Visit handsoffourcens.us to learn about the proposed changes and submit your comment.

Dark background graphic showing Census rule comment period extension details A promotional infographic on a dark charcoal background displays: Yellow banner at top: "NEW DEADLINE" Large bold headline showing "OCT 13" (struck through with a purple line and arrow) followed by "NOW 2." in large white text Subheading: "More time to comment on the proposed 2030 Census rule. Use it." Key statistics in pink and white text: 4,943 comments asked for more time — representing 1 in 4 of the 19,796 comments posted through Oct. 1 99% of the 4,943 also oppose the rule 97% of the 4,943 asked for 90 days, to Dec. 10 Timeline bar chart showing three horizontal bars with dates from Sep 10 to Dec 10: Original: 33 days (white bar) Extended: 53 days (gray diagonal striped bar) Requested: 90 days (purple striped bar extending to Dec. 10) Footer: "Hands Off Our Census US" logo (raised hand icon) on bottom left Website: "handsoffourcens.us" in white text Source attribution: "regulations.gov, USBC-2026-0628" Fingertips of purple raised hand icon appear at bottom right corner
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🚨 The Census Is in Trouble. Join Us Today from 1–2pm ET.

We have an amazing lineup of census and data policy experts joining us for today’s webinar to break down the proposed changes to the census

🗓️ Friday, September 18, 2026
⏰ 1 - 2 PM ET
📍 Register here: tinyurl.com/census-rapid...

Denice Ross: co-founder, dataindex.us; Director, Federation of American Scientists Data Policy Institute; former U.S. Chief Data Scientist Mary Jo Mitchell: Director of Gov’t Affairs, Population Association of America; Co-Director, The Census Project Ryan Coady: Legislative Associate, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations Dr. Jeanine Abrams McLean: President, Fair Count; Co-Chair, Census Quality Reinforcement Task Force Robert Santos: former Director, U.S. Census Bureau Dr. Amy O’Hara: Director, Massive Data Institute at Georgetown; President, Association of Public Data Users Beth Jarosz: Vice President, Association of Public Data Users; Senior Fellow, Massive Data Institute Meeta Anand: Senior Director of Census & Data Equity, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Caroline Medina: Senior Advisor for Data Policy and Strategy, Movement Advancement Project (MAP) Chris Dick: co-founder, dataindex.us; former Chief of Population Evaluation, U.S. Census Bureau
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Trying to understand the many unprecedented proposed changes to the decennial census? 👀 We broke down what’s in the proposal, why these seemingly arcane process changes matter, and why they would be catastrophic for all Americans. Read our new piece 👇