The Census hasn’t asked about citizenship since 1950, before the Voting Rights Act was even passed
Minority Voting Rights articles on Democracy Chronicles
Equal minority voting rights still face significant obstacles including in registering to vote and casting ballots. Attempts to manipulate the law in new ways that will disadvantage minority communities continue nationwide. Also see our sections on American democracy and our articles on the Voter Access, African-American Voting Rights, Latino Voting Rights or Native American Voting.
Census: Undercounting the vulnerable is a danger to democracy
Places where large numbers of people go uncounted get less than their fair share of political representation
Texas Could Lose Billions With 2020 Census Citizenship Question
Texas could lose representation in Congress and billions of federal dollars because of a Trump decision
California suing to block 2020 Census citizenship question
Plan to file suit against the Trump administration over the president’s intention to reinstate a citizenship question
Worries follow announcement of new census citizenship question
The US government announced Monday that it would reintroduce a question about citizenship status in the questionnaire
Behind the Move to Add a Census Citizenship Question
Department of Justice requested that the Census Bureau add a citizenship question to the 2020 survey
Felon voting ban may be overturned in New Jersey
Law prevents individuals convicted of a serious crime from voting – even after they’ve done their time
Record Number of Native American Women Running in 2018
Pivotal vote could not only tip the balance of power but strengthen Native American voices in lawmaking
Activists Registering Voters At Black Panther Screenings
*As “Black Panther” continues to break box office records, the Movement for Black Lives is using the movie to engage the Black community through voter registration events at screenings across the country, Deadline reports. The movement’s Electoral Justice Project (EJP) launched the “Wakanda the Vote” campaign, which fights for the advancement of the rights of […]
Why a citizenship question on the 2020 census is a bad idea
In December 2017, the Department of Justice formally proposed adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census