Trump administration proposes census changes that could reshape voting maps
Trump administration officials proposed changes to the census that would stop asking about race and could exclude millions of US residents, according to NPR.
Trump administration officials have proposed sweeping changes to the census that would stop asking respondents about race and could exclude millions of US residents from the count, NPR reported.
NPR reported that the proposal has raised questions about compliance with the 14th Amendment, which requires the census to include the "whole number of persons" in each state, and could reshape congressional voting maps.
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