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Daily Herald

May 10, 2020

The city, Elgin Area School District U-46, Gail Borden Public Library District, Centro de Informacion and other partners will push out their "Form Focus" message to encourage people to fill out the Census questionnaires they received in the mail this month. The questionnaires were sent to households that didn't provide Census responses online after receiving a notice last month.

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Daily Herald

April 4, 2020

Making black, Latino voices count a focus for suburban groups

Suburban black community leaders are urging African Americans to be counted in the 2020 Census and to register to vote ahead of the November elections.

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The Courier News

March 31, 2020

City committee urging Elgin residents to be ‘counted’ by Wednesday’s Census Day

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Daily Herald

March 29, 2020

Coronavirus crisis hurting Census outreach for Latinos

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Daily Herald

March 16, 2020

How coronavirus is complicating 2020 census push

The Gail Borden Library in Elgin had invited visitors to drive up to the entrance, receive prepackaged pizza, pie and a reminder to fill out their census forms from bilingual staffers wearing gloves.

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Chicago Tribune

February 1, 2020

Elgin urges Laotian population to get counted for Census

Elgin was one of the cities around the nation which welcomed refugees from Laos in the early 1980s by providing a home for Laotians escaping their war-torn country and the rise of communism.

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Daily Herald

December 27, 2019

Songs and coloring books, newsletters and alerts

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Courier News

August 29, 2019

Elgin launches 2020 census count campaigns

Gail Borden Public Library unveiled what it called the world's largest census tablet as the library and the city begin the Elgin Census 2020 campaign. (The Courier-News)

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Complete Count groups are at work throughout the suburbs and across the state to make sure everyone is counted by the 2020 Census next spring.

Daily Herald

August 24, 2019

Complete Count groups are at work throughout the suburbs and across the state to make sure everyone is counted by the 2020 Census next spring. Associated Press

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Complete Count groups are at work throughout the suburbs and across the state to make sure everyone is counted by the 2020 Census next spring.

Daily Herald

August 21, 2019

The city of Elgin and Gail Borden Public Library are launching a "2020 Elgin Complete Count" effort next week. This photo shows an envelope containing a 2018 census letter mailed as part of a test run of the 2020 Census.AP Photo/Michelle R. Smith

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Elgin kicking off big campaign to get people counted in the upcoming 2020 census

 

Courier News

August 29, 2019

Elgin kicking off big campaign to get people counted in the upcoming 2020 census

A kickoff event for the 2020 U.S. Census in Elgin will be held Aug. 29 at the Gail Borden Public Library, which also used the city's July 4 parade to get the message out that every person needs to be counted. (Gail Borden Public Library / HANDOUT)

 


 


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Elgin Census Kick-Off 2020