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Re:The 2020 census is being ‘sabotaged,’ says leading U.S. s... by matthewmcg on Saturday October 17, 2020 @10:32AM (#24810226)
The distribution of voting power is based on population, not citizenship. Non-citizens need to be counted too.
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Re:The 2020 census is being ‘sabotaged,’ says leading U.S. s... by nonplussed on Saturday October 17, 2020 @10:35AM (#24810244)
Only citizens can vote.
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Re:The 2020 census is being ‘sabotaged,’ says leading U.S. s... by hobs on Saturday October 17, 2020 @10:37AM (#24810259)
It doesn't matter - when the document was written America had tons of non-citizens and those people were counted.

Slaves couldn't vote either, but in the famous compromise were counted as a portion of a person - the distribution of political power is why.

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Re:The 2020 census is being ‘sabotaged,’ says leading U.S. s... by kevinmchugh on Saturday October 17, 2020 @12:24PM (#24811099)
Citizens of a certain age, who meet certain residency and bureaucratic requirements and haven't lost the right due to criminal convictions.

Women only got the franchise 100 years ago, but had always been counted on the census.

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Re:The 2020 census is being ‘sabotaged,’ says leading U.S. s... by jfengel on Monday October 19, 2020 @09:52AM (#24826337)
And children still can't vote, and are also counted.
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