Trump folds in citizenship census dispute
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The latest dustup was merely a skirmish in the larger war over using citizenship status to help determine which party controls the White House and the House in the future, as well as how federal money is distributed.
"That information will be used for countless purposes," Barr said.
"For example, there is a current dispute over whether illegal aliens can be included for apportionment purposes. ... We will be studying this issue."
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Every 10 years, after the census is taken, the 435 seats in the House of Representatives are reapportioned based on each state's share of the national population.
The allotments are based on a formula that assigns the most seats to the states with the largest number of people and the fewest seats to those with the least number of people — with each state getting at least one representative in the House.
California, the most populous state in the country, has 53 House seats.
If there were fewer people in California — or a large proportion of its population were not counted — it might lose representation to another state.
It doesn't just matter for the House.
Because the number of votes each state gets in the electoral college is based on its congressional representation — one elector per House member plus one for each senator — a change in apportionment could also affect presidential elections.
Additionally, many federal programs distribute funds to states or local governments through population-related formulas.
The constitution unmistakably mandates all persons, not only all citizens, be counted and represented.
And that is what has always been done.
. . . .
The latest dustup was merely a skirmish in the larger war over using citizenship status to help determine which party controls the White House and the House in the future, as well as how federal money is distributed.
"That information will be used for countless purposes," Barr said.
"For example, there is a current dispute over whether illegal aliens can be included for apportionment purposes. ... We will be studying this issue."
. . . .
Every 10 years, after the census is taken, the 435 seats in the House of Representatives are reapportioned based on each state's share of the national population.
The allotments are based on a formula that assigns the most seats to the states with the largest number of people and the fewest seats to those with the least number of people — with each state getting at least one representative in the House.
California, the most populous state in the country, has 53 House seats.
If there were fewer people in California — or a large proportion of its population were not counted — it might lose representation to another state.
It doesn't just matter for the House.
Because the number of votes each state gets in the electoral college is based on its congressional representation — one elector per House member plus one for each senator — a change in apportionment could also affect presidential elections.
Additionally, many federal programs distribute funds to states or local governments through population-related formulas.
The constitution unmistakably mandates all persons, not only all citizens, be counted and represented.
And that is what has always been done.
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