Delayed census results could mean delayed elections this year and into 2022.
The every decade population count is used to create the districts and political maps that determine where you vote and who represents you in local, state, and federal districts. We now know those census numbers will not be released until September, and the process for the legislature to create those maps could take months.
We're talking with State Board of Elections Director Karen Brinson Bell about what this means for upcoming elections.