the official process of counting the number of people in a country, city or town and collecting information about them. The Constitution requires a census to be conducted every 10 years.

activities that relate to the buying and selling of goods and services

a law that changes the legal status or consequences of an action after it has already been done, especially a law that makes an action illegal after it has been committed.

an effort to prevent action, such as voting on a bill, in the U.S. Senate by making a long speech or series of speeches.

to divide (a state, school district, etc. ) into political units that give one group an unfair advantage

to charge (a public official) with a crime done while in office

to make laws

to divide (a town, state, etc.) into new political or school districts

a decision by a person in authority to not allow or approve something (such as a new law)

the process of reassigning representation based on population, after every census

elected official who is already in office