The figures were rough estimates and are not based on an actual enumeration of the dead.

Republicans object because the Constitution requires "actual enumeration" in the census.

Republicans have attacked the method as illegal since the Constitution calls for an "actual enumeration" of all residents of the country.

"The committee believes this can only be achieved by performing an actual enumeration."

The bureau used this procedure in 1990, but it did so after an actual enumeration had been made.

They said they were only adhering to the words of the Constitution, which requires an "actual enumeration."

Republicans objected because, they said, the Constitution demands "actual enumeration."

When the opponents of sampling say actual enumeration, they mean just that.

The Constitution states that an actual enumeration be conducted of the country's population every 10 years to determine representation in the House.

This is why statistical sampling is the superior way to carry out an "actual enumeration" of a large population.