Hansi Lo Wang
Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) is a national correspondent for NPR reporting on the people, power and money behind the U.S. census.
Wang was the first journalist to uncover plans by former President Donald Trump's administration to end 2020 census counting early.
Wang's coverage of the administration's failed push for a census citizenship question earned him the American Statistical Association's Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award. He received a National Headliner Award for his reporting from the remote village in Alaska where the 2020 count officially began.
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Right now, there are several ongoing lawsuits across the state over whose mail-in ballots must be counted. With polls suggesting a tight presidential race, the final outcome of the cases could be key.
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In Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republican legal challenges to the legitimacy of ballots cast by U.S. citizens living abroad, including U.S. military members, have hit setbacks. -
Election officials are raising concerns about the U.S. Postal Service's ability to handle this fall’s expected influx of election mail. But USPS say it’s ready to deliver the country’s ballots. -
The return of 14 Republican presidential electors linked to efforts to reverse Donald Trump’s 2020 loss raises questions about what they will do if Trump loses again in their states. -
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum is a reminder that voting by mail with absentee ballots in the U.S. goes back more than 160 years before the COVID-19 pandemic. -
Three years after President Biden issued an executive order for boosting voter registration, GOP officials are ramping up efforts to turn it into a partisan flash point before this fall’s election. -
An estimated 21.3 million adult U.S. citizens don't have or can't easily access documents proving their citizenship. The findings raise concerns about requiring proof when registering eligible voters. -
The Republican-controlled House voted to approve a bill to exclude millions of non-U.S. citizens from the census results that determine each state's share of House seats and Electoral College votes.
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The two fastest-growing groups of eligible U.S. voters — Latinos and Asian Americans — also have the lowest voter registration rates. Advocates are trying to boost sign-ups for a healthier democracy. -
New checkboxes for "Middle Eastern or North African" and "Hispanic or Latino" are coming to the U.S. census and federal forms. Advocates say these changes will help enforce civil rights protections.
