CHICAGO – Common Cause Illinois welcomed today an executive order announced by Illinois Governor JB Pritzker aimed at maximizing participation in the 2020 Census. Governor Pritzker’s executive action creating a Census Office to spearhead outreach efforts comes on the heels of the Illinois General Assembly appropriating $29 million to avoid an undercount in Illinois.

“Governor Pritzker recognizes the importance of getting an accurate and complete count in Illinois, and it’s reassuring to see the legislative and executive branches in our state working together to avoid an undercount in 2020.” said Jay Young, Executive Director of Common Cause Illinois. “This order and the recent appropriation for census outreach are a major step toward ensuring that every resident in our state is counted, but we still have a lot of work to do.”

“Community groups, nonprofits, corporations, local municipalities and residents across the state — everyone should make census education and outreach a priority in order to avoid an undercount that threatens to lower the amount of our federal funding and the number of our congressional seats in Congress.”

Common Cause Illinois to bezpartyjna, non-profitowa organizacja reformy demokracji z ponad 40 000 członków w całym stanie. Jest to stanowa filia Common Cause, krajowej grupy adwokackiej z ponad 1 milionem członków. Nasi członkowie walczą o reformę w kwestiach takich jak etyka i odpowiedzialność, finansowanie kampanii, gerrymandering, reprezentacja i inne.