evidence: The Census Bureau announced that the deadline for people to complete the survey forms for their households is October 15, 2020. The deadline for the counting process has moved several times due to the pandemic. [...] To improve the response rate to the 2020 Census, the bureau also is considering sending text messages to areas that have low response rates. The agency recently started sending text messages to individuals and small businesses for two separate surveys it is conducting about the effect of the coronavirus pandemic