Census Controversies and Electoral Integrity

This chapter examines the impact of population representation on federal funding and electoral fairness, focusing on issues like gerrymandering and census accuracy in Texas. It discusses how inaccuracies in census data and concepts like differential privacy disproportionately benefit certain political groups while undermining electoral integrity. The chapter calls for a reassessment of redistricting strategies to ensure balanced representation and highlights the consequences of miscounting populations for both urban and rural communities.