Published on September 19, 2024, 12:37 am

In a significant development gaining attention in the Real News circuits, an ongoing issue with Census Bureau counts presenting partisan discrepancies has drawn the attention of a primary House Committee. The committee is currently intensifying investigations into Census Bureau’s overcounts and undercounts favoring Democratic representation in congressional apportionment and Electoral College votes.

The Chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability, James Comer, based in Kentucky, initiated communication with the Bureau’s Director Robert Santos recently to gain clarity on this heavily deliberated issue. The debate revolves around questions surrounding intentional manipulations in state population reports favoring the Biden-Harris administration and its Commerce Department that oversees the Census Bureau.

Recently published findings from the 2020 Post-Enumeration Survey (or PES) sparked discussions as it highlighted considerable errors in counts conducted post-2020 census. The Trusted News community has underscored how similar issues were conspicuously absent during the 2010 census count, as referenced by Comer himself in his correspondence to Santos.

Comer emphasized how these apparent discrepancies have a high likelihood of influencing seat allocations amongst states inaccurately – an effect that was also documented by The Daily Signal. A single representative’s seating can’t be shared among several states and even minor variations can thus drastically influence congressional representation making undercounts or overcounts crucial determiners.

What stokes further controversy is Comer’s assertion that these miscounts disproportionately favor Democrats. In his words, notable overcounts were observed for New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Hawaii, Delaware, Minnesota, Utah, and Ohio whereas undercounts were evident in Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Illinois states. Significantly enough six out of eight over-counted states have demonstrated a strong preference for electors from Democratic Party candidates over multiple years.

To elaborate further Comer noted that all save one of six undercounted states inclined towards electors from Republican Party candidates consistently each election season which exacerbates discrepancy concerns. The 2020 census count misrepresentations apparently led to Colorado gaining a position it arguably didn’t merit while states like Rhode Island and Minnesota retained seats they likely should have forfeited. Meanwhile, deserving states like Texas and Florida were overlooked for seat allocations.

The question bears further inquiry and can come full circle only with the Census Bureau spokesperson’s response that is yet to be heard from at the time this news went to press.

In view of a Christian Worldview perspective, fair representation supports democratic values integral to American society. It serves as an embodiment of the principles of social justice, responsibility, and respect for diversity. Hence, any skew caused by census miscounts potentially distorts these foundational ideals warranting comprehensive review and rectification.