[EL] US Supreme Court risks public cooperation with 2020 census

[Trevor Potter]

And such a boycott will of course disadvantage their state as it will create in an undercount and the resulting potential for fewer representatives for that state in Congress.

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On Apr 23, 2019, at 8:29 PM, Richard Winger <richardwinger at yahoo.com<mailto:richardwinger at yahoo.com>> wrote:

It seems to me that if the US Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to put a citizenship question on the 2020 census form, that could trigger a big total boycott of the census by many people who are tired of the Supreme Court's willingness to further tilt our elections to the benefit of the Republican Party.  There are tens of millions of Americans who are in a state of permanent discouragement about the fairness of our elections.  The composition of the US Senate gives the Republican Party a big structural advantage.  The electoral college gives the Republican Party a structural advantage.  And if political considerations lead the census form to give yet another structural advantage to the Republican Party, relating to US House elections, ordinary people who are upset by that will have an opportunity to express themselves by boycotting the census.

Richard Winger 415-922-9779 PO Box 470296, San Francisco Ca 94147
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