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Article snippet: MORE's Commerce Department said Monday evening that the 2020 Census will include a question on citizenship, despite the strong objections of Democrats. Commerce Secretary has reportedly pushed for inclusion of the question, arguing that it would allow the the department to better enforce the Voting Rights Act. Census data is used to redraw House districts and the number of House seats each state receives, as well as determining each state’s number of electoral votes in a presidential election. Democrats have raised concerns that adding the question would result in an inaccurate population count because it would discourage some immigrants from filling out the questionnaire given the Trump administration's crackdown on those in the country illegally. Ross responded to such concerns in his decision, saying the need for accurate data and the limited burden of adding it to the census "outweigh fears about potentially lower response rate." "The citizenship data provided to DOJ will be more accurate with the question than without it, which is of greater importance than any adverse effect that may result from people violating their legal duty to respond," Ross wrote. Announcements of legal challenges to the Commerce Department move followed swiftly. California Attorney General wrote Ross a letter last month warning him against including the citizenship question. Doing so, they argued, would be unconstitutional. “Including a question on the 2020 Census that would manipul... Link to the full article to read more