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NYT: new docs reveal GOP's gerrymander guru also behind the party's drive to rig the 2020 census against Democrats professor zovek May 30, 09:01

"Rig the census"? Are you seriously contending "are you a citizen"? is somehow rigging it? Synonyms: forlorne May 30, 12:26

Having the question "Are you a citizen?" on the Census in the current political climate discourages people from participating. DTravel May 30, 12:45

Under counting undocumented people would "misrepresent" the actual population living in the United Sates. {nm} Antibody May 30, 13:05

Illegal aliens are foreign nationals. Their representation is their consulate, not the Congress. Thus they do not need to be counted Nobody May 30, 15:54

"counting the whole number of persons in each State" which includes women, children, permanent residents and undocumented residents. {nm} Antibody May 30, 17:23

There ARE other categories besides "Citizen" and "Illegal" you know. There are a lot of non-citizens in the US legally DTravel May 30, 20:56

Finding out how many there are is a legitimate public interest. And it does dilute the votes of every citizen when people here illegally forlorne May 31, 07:40

If that is your primary concern then adding a citizenship question to the Census is counter-productive. {nm} DTravel May 31, 10:24

So asking if someone is a citizen is COUNTERPRODUCTIVE to finding out how many people aren't citizens? By forlorne Jun 03, 10:38

the Constitution doesn't limit the mandated census to counting "citizens." just the actual population professor zovek May 30, 13:39

But the 14th amendment section 2 describes Representatives for Citizens. Thus Representatives are apportioned in Article 2 for Citizens Nobody May 30, 15:48

I meant Article 1 section 2, not Article 2, in the second sentence {nm} Nobody May 30, 16:02

Not the only reason for the Census. {nm} DTravel May 30, 20:57

Also, "new docs" reveal no such thing, all they reveal is that he once wrote about it before he died. {nm} forlorne May 31, 07:48

Two POTUS flunkies lied about Hoeffler's involvement in the census process to conceal the White House's true intent from the courts professor zovek May 31, 08:48