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Election Reform

SWBTATTReg

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1. I wonder, if this counting of undocumented immigrants really does hurt the apportioning...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Thu Aug 15, 2019, 03:24 PM

Aug 2019

of seats in Congress? After all, most agricultural areas rely on immigrant labor (or at least a lot of it), which seem to be in rural, repug areas. Thus, would make sense that counts wouldn't be that far off?

Am I missing something?

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The census citizenship question failed. But Alabama is seeking to exclude undocumented immigrants in [View all] Eugene Aug 2019 OP

I wonder, if this counting of undocumented immigrants really does hurt the apportioning... SWBTATTReg Aug 2019 #1

Silver lining TheRealNorth Aug 2019 #2

They want it to apply to the whole country, not just Alabama. subterranean Aug 2019 #3