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California county installs Census 2020 kiosks at COVID-19 testing sites

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July 31, 2020

Santa Clara County, California is installing Census 2020 electronic kiosks at pop-up COVID-19 testing sites to allow people to fill out the census while waiting to get tested, according to a KQED-TV report.

Officials said they want to mitigate the potential impact of President Trump's efforts to exclude undocumented immigrants from the census.

The kiosks are also part of a plan to ensure that all county residents are counted in the survey, which determines congressional representation and redistricting, and affects how federal spending for public resources is allocated locally.

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