'Whoa, that's not right': Georgia towns lead census appeals

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Three rural Georgia communities are the first in the U.S. to challenge the accuracy of their 2020 census numbers. Experts say the pandemic and a lack of reliable broadband may have led to discrepancies in Chester, Glennville and White County.

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'Whoa, that's not right': Georgia towns lead census appeals
When officials in Chester, Georgia, heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small town at 525 people, their jaws dropped. They believed the town was almost triple that size and feared an inaccu...
12:01 PM · Jan 22, 2022

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When officials in Chester, Georgia, heard that the 2020 census had pegged their small town at 525 people, their jaws dropped. They believed the town was almost triple that size and feared an inaccurate number could force them to make budget cuts.

“I said, ‘Whoa, that’s not right,’” City Clerk Melanie McCook said. “The first thing I thought is, ‘This is going to affect our revenues greatly.’”

Chester and two other small, rural municipalities in Georgia are the first communities in the U.S. to challenge the accuracy of their numbers from the once-a-decade head count. Successful challenges are scant, but the outcome could determine whether Chester, the city of Glennville and White County get their fair share when it comes to the distribution of $1.5 trillion in annual federal funding.

In the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, White County officials were stunned when the 2020 census said the county had 28,003 residents. A Census Bureau estimate from 2019 had put the county’s population at 30,798. The county is home to the town of Helen, a tourist draw modeled on a Bavarian alpine village.

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[Hoyt]

1. Well, these counties that went overwhelmingly for trump, can thank their boy for this.

For example, White county went over 82% for trump.

[Mr. Ected]

5. This.

This is akin to an anti-vaxxer catching Covid with disastrous results.

These are some of the most rabid Trump supporters in the state. Take your medicine you fools.

[cbabe]

2. Reaping the whirlwind.

[ret5hd]

3. You gotta remember to count the Blacks as...

3/5’s…

It’s all good!

[gratuitous]

4. The former guy told you not to cooperate with the census

And he did what he could to sabotage it with understaffing, slow-walking, and manipulating the process. This appears to be the normal and natural outcome of that program.