Thoughts on the 2020 Census Citizenship question for today [View all]

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The citizenship question was removed from the 10 year survey in 1950. Prior to that, there were no civil rights, no minority voting rights, and minority communities were systematically underreported.

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The citizenship question was never used to enforce voting rights act, since the VRA was passed in 1965.

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The citizenship question is not now needed to enforce the voting rights act. Districts will be redrawn with the citizenship question on a basis of citizens rather than people.

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Red states will lose money, too.

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12 states have filed suit against adding the question to the 2020 Census.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/washington-joins-other-states-suing-over-census-citizenship-question/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=article_left_1.1

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of New York said he was leading a multistate lawsuit to stop the move, and officials in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington said they would join the effort. The state of California filed a separate lawsuit late Monday night.

Do not let the GrOPers lie to you. There is no good reason for adding this question.