{"id":8262,"date":"2020-09-04T12:44:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10028\/uncategorized\/the-census-stand-up-and-be-counted\/"},"modified":"2020-09-04T12:44:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T16:44:53","slug":"the-census-stand-up-and-be-counted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/article\/the-census-stand-up-and-be-counted\/","title":{"rendered":"Le recensement\u00a0: levez-vous et faites-vous compter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The clock is ticking on the 2020 U.S. Census. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the government recently moved the deadline to September 30, 2020<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

This decision is a stunning reversal from an earlier pronouncement.<\/p>\n

In April 2020, officials told Congress they needed until at least October 31 to ensure an accurate count.<\/p>\n

Originally, the Census Bureau planned to operate field offices from March 12 to July 31. But the spring lockdowns hit in mid-March, suspending such activity until early May.<\/p>\n

Congress\u2019 refusal to move the December 31 final deadline probably contributed to the Census Bureau\u2019s recent announcement.<\/p>\n

Why Does the Census Matter?<\/h2>\n

In a very real way, the decennial census gives you a voice in the government, puts money in your pocket, and provides valuable information about who we are.<\/p>\n

Congress takes the census information and reapportions the number of representatives that each state has in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n

By law, the total number is capped at 435. The Census determines where those representatives come from.<\/p>\n

Each state has equal representation in the Senate. But in the House, representation is based on population.<\/p>\n

Following the 2010 census, Texas gained four seats. New York lost two seats. Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Jersey lost one seat each.<\/p>\n

Observers predict that this trend will continue in 2020, as Texas is expected to gain seats and the tri-state area is expected to lose more seats.<\/p>\n

One or two votes here or there can make an enormous difference.<\/p>\n

We recently marked the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.<\/p>\n

This Amendment passed by one vote. That swing vote was 24-year-old Harry Burn, an obscure Tennessee lawmaker.<\/p>\n

Burn had previously voted against ratification. But when his mother wrote him a note encouraging him to \u201cbe a good boy<\/a><\/u>\u201d and support female suffrage, he changed his vote, and changed history as well.<\/p>\n

On a related note, state legislatures redraw legislative districts based on census numbers. This process has long been very controversial.<\/p>\n

The people in power, be they Republicans or Democrats, often manipulate the lines so more like-minded lawmakers are elected.<\/p>\n

This technique is called Gerrymandering<\/a><\/u>. In 1812, Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry approved an electoral map which included one district that, according to some, resembled a dragon.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, the Census distributes Medicare, food stamps, highway funds, and other federal money that\u2019s based on an area\u2019s population.<\/p>\n

An inaccurate count means fewer jobs and unavailable benefits.<\/p>\n

Finally, the Census is the best way to determine our makeup as a nation. The country is much more diverse today than it was a generation ago.<\/p>\n

Decision makers in the public and private sector rely on accurate census data to craft programs which better serve our communities.<\/p>\n

The Census and the Citizenship Question<\/h2>\n

This census is even more controversial than usual, largely because of the proposed citizenship question.<\/p>\n

For many years, the Census included a citizenship question. But it was left out beginning in 1950. In 2018, President Donald Trump announced that he would include such a question in the 2020 Census. He argued that the change would more accurately count eligible voters and thus better enforce the 1965 Voting Rights Act.<\/p>\n

Critics disagreed. They viewed the question as a way to frighten undocumented immigrants into not filling out the Census.<\/p>\n

This dispute went all the way to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

In June 2019, a sharply-divided Court ruled against Trump<\/a><\/u> and said the citizenship question was illegal.<\/p>\n

However, the Supremes opened a back door for the administration by saying that the question might be legal in another context. So, the fight continues. But, the 2020 Census does not have a citizenship question.<\/p>\n

If you have not yet completed your 2020 Census questionnaire, the professional team at Naples Chkolnik <\/a><\/u> urges you to do so now.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Le temps presse pour le recensement am\u00e9ricain de 2020. En raison de la pand\u00e9mie de coronavirus, le gouvernement a r\u00e9cemment d\u00e9plac\u00e9 la date limite au 30 septembre 2020. Cette d\u00e9cision est un revirement renversant\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[774],"tags":[945,1016],"class_list":["post-8262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-napoli-shkolnik-news","tag-civil-rights","tag-napoli-shkolnik-news"],"acf":[],"page_builder_type":"gutenberg","gutenberg_data":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napolilaw.lemonadestand.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}