Friend,
Constitutionally, the United States Government must count every person, every 10 years. This census is the basis of federal apportionment for Congressional districts, and spending levels for infrastructure, schools, community health centers, and other vital services.
The pandemic made the usual door-to-door efforts of census takers more difficult―but the Supreme Court has granted a Trump administration request to end counting early, potentially disenfranchising millions.
Let’s be clear: This move will severely damage and create irreversible effects on our democracy.
Our highest court has decided to play politics with the fundamental right of every person in this country to be counted. We are now in a place where the Supreme Court is helping this administration alter our Census count.
This move will severely damage and create irreversible effects on our democracy. A shortened census will exacerbate underrepresentation of our most vulnerable populations for a generation. We will see a larger undercounting of communities of color, undocumented people, houseless individuals, poor and young people. This decision will disproportionately reduce our communities’ representation in reallocated congressional seats and Electoral College votes for the next decade.
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Extending the census period is critical considering counting efforts in this unprecedented pandemic have prevented Census workers from going door-to-door as in previous decades. Halting the census is a cynical and unconscionable political ploy to further limit federal funding and political representation for the most vulnerable.
For Future Generations,
Rev Yearwood
Founder & President
Hip Hop Caucus
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