RE: NC conservatives win suit to remove non-citizens from voter rolls
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I'm not saying the census shouldn't determine the number of people. Just that it should distinguish between citizen and non citizen (especially when you are potentially counting millions that are not here legally) . The right to vote is one of the primary features of citizenship and without it you don't have representation anyway. Instead, the citizens that live in areas of large non citizen populations have an oversized representation. Why does that make sense?
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Because the Constitution says that both citizens and non-citizens are to be included in the Census count for the purpose of allocating representation in Congress. The Constitution doesn’t care about what people think it should be. If you want the should to change to must, you’ll need to amend the Constitution. Easier said than done.
Im not disagreeing with you. Just saying that non citizens dont actually get representation just because their state gets more representatives because of them. I would think that fact would be obvious given they cant vote. It just creates a situation where border security and immigration policy are used as political tools by both sides. Just because something is in the Constitution doesnt mean it isnt a problem. Illegal immigrants arent represented, they are used as pawns.