Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Census U.S

The Census and the Supreme Court
The Constitution requires a census every 10 years and the results determine how many members each state gets in the House of Representatives as well as the Electoral College votes.   The data is also used to calculate a local government’s share of funds under many federal government programs.  So it's pretty important.
The next census is in 2020 and Wilbur Ross, the Trump appointed Secretary of Commerce is in charge of overseeing it. The questionnaire is meant to count all the people living in the US.  He is determined to add a question regarding citizenship to the questionnaire.  Critics say the census will not be accurate as most illegal people living in the US will not respond.  The adding of the question has been challenged as he did not follow the law in adding the question.  Judges in several states have ruled the addition of the citizenship question unconstitutional.  Today the Supreme Court will hear the case.  Stay tuned!
The 2010 census asked the following ten questions:
1.    How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment, or mobile home on April 1, 2010?
2.    Were there any additional people staying here April 1, 2010 that you did not include in Question 1?
3.    Is this house, apartment, or mobile home: owned with mortgage, owned without mortgage, rented, occupied without rent?
4.    What is your telephone number?
5.    Please provide information for each person living here. Start with a person here who owns or rents this house, apartment, or mobile home. If the owner or renter lives somewhere else, start with any adult living here. This will be Person 1. What is Person 1's name?
6.    What is Person 1's sex?
7.    What is Person 1's age and Date of Birth?
8.    Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin?
9.    What is Person 1's race?

10.Does Person 1 sometimes live or stay somewhere else?


https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-decide-if-trump-administration-can-ask-about-citizenship-n995171


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