crsm states: "Now the issue is how the census has been calculated for the past few years. You do know they eliminated one major component of "CITIZENSHIP" as a question. They just started to count bodies."
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The US Constitution calls for the ENUMERATION OF PERSONS without regard to citizenship ... and that's how the census was conducted since Day 1.
Article 1, Section 2 of the United States Constitution originally appeared in 1787 as:
Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other persons.
(The famous "3/5 Clause" was eliminated by Section 2 of the 14th Amendment in 1868.)
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"Citizenship" questions have come and gone from the census forms going back to 1820. There is NO CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENT for citizenship info to be collected. It is up to the Dept. of Commerce Census Bureau to decide what to put on the various census forms and it can change every 10 years.
Posted By: crsm27
Re: Shoe’s on the other foot now
how about in IL, CA, MA, NY, etc. You know there are districts that have +40% of registered Republicans yet have no republican representatives? You know gerrymandering has been around for YEARS and done by both parties.
You want to say it is Republicans.... when it has been done for years in other states by Democrats. It is both sides doing it.
Now the issue is how the census has been calculated for the past few years. You do know they eliminated one major component of "CITIZENSHIP" as a question. They just started to count bodies. Which gives advantages to political parties by gaining more seats in certain areas. THAT IS THE ISSUE I HAVE. non citizens shouldn't be apart of determining districts.