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North Carolina's Argument Supports Utah, Says Utah Attorneys
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH -- The arguments made by North Carolina in Utah's
lawsuit against the Census Bureau actually support Utah's case, claim the
state's attorneys. Utah filed a response last Wednesday to North Carolina's
request that the court dismiss the lawsuit or rule against Utah without a
hearing. Utah is arguing that the Census Bureau's enumerators guessing of
the number of people living in a house when no one could be reached is
illegal, and that this 'imputation' benefitted North Carolina, "They're
denying that imputation is a form of sampling. In our opinion, what they did
in this case is much worse," said Ray Hintze, chief deputy in the Utah
Attorney General's Office. "If it's distinguishable, it's worse than what
was struck down." Utah is asking for these numbers to be excluded from the
Census because the US Supreme Court ruled in 1999 that the US Constitution
requires a count of actual persons and prohibits guessing or scientific
adjustment. An earlier lawsuit by Utah alleged that the Census Bureau should
have counted overseas LDS missionaries.
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N.C. case bolsters ours, Utah argues
Deseret News 29Jul01 US UT SLC T1
By Elyse Hayes: Deseret News staff writer
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