Retirees and students in Florida are seeking to defend 2020 census results against a GOP challenge
October 28, 2025
Two Florida college students and an advocacy group for retirees are asking a federal judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit to defend census methods used to protect privacy and fill in missing data. The data determines congressional seats, Electoral College votes and guides $2.8 trillion in federal spending. Young Republican groups have challenged some of the census methods in court. Normally it would be up to the president’s administration to defend the census, but the students and retirees say the are concerned the Trump administration won’t do the job vigorously. Those advocates are now asking a federal judge to let them step in on the lawsuit and defend the census methodology.