A 2020 file photo of an envelope containing a 2020 census letter. The COVID-19 pandemic and lawsuits around the every-ten-years population count is delaying the release of census results this year, creating challenges for Oregon lawmakers.
The suit filed on Wednesday names Secretary of State Shemia Fagan as a defendant. Fagan says there are no hard feelings.
Warning of a “constitutional crisis,” the Oregon Legislative Assembly is asking the state’s Supreme Court to give it more time this year to redraw the state’s legislative districts — and to block the secretary of state from attempting to do so in the meantime.