Action: Start a movement around the citizenship question on the Census: No one check the citizen box

[rainy]

I was listening to Thom Hartman and Greg Pallast today and Pallast, off the cuff, says that no one has to check the citizenship box. You won't be arrested or committing an offense.

Then Thom says hey let's start a national movement. It will blow the whole thing up!

This would be amazing as I was just feeling defeated hearing them say that the supreme court will probable uphold the citizenship question and they were saying that lots of states would lose a congressperson due to the low count.

Lets do it!!!!!!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. I'd be very interested to hear what an actual Census expert thinks about this. What would

the outcomes be? For example, this would spark in-person follow-ups by Census employees to households that didn't complete their forms. As a protest, is it useful? Is it strategic?

[shanti]

2. Well

it has crossed my mind too, but I think it might backfire on us if we do that, especially in deep blue states with a large immigrant population. They would take the numbers at face value and cut the crap out of our representation. JMHO, could be wrong

[mshasta]

3. So if a person with a permanent residence permit

Is except from being represented? So only American born are only being counted in the census?

In that case well thousands of tax payers will not be represented

[rainy]

4. I think everyone who fills out the form

even if they do not check the citizenship box has to be counted!

[brooklynite]

5. What does this accomplish?

It doesn't address the primary problem, which is non-citizens and immigrants not filling out the form at all.

[Demit]

6. Well, it's a protest. Protests don't have to have immediate results.

Yes, the administration is trying to intimidate non-citizens, but leaving the question blank is a way for citizens to show their disapproval, their rejection, of that.

[rainy]

7. If we encourage EVERYONE citizen and non

It will overwhelm the effort and the government wouldn’t be able to begin to check into the persons not checking the box