Starting in 1970, questions about citizenship were included in the long-form questionnaire but not the short form.
So depending on what form you got it wasn't on the short form.
iin 2010 the American Community Survey was being used instead of the previous form. It did have the citizenship question. but the shorter version did not.
What’s New for Census 2000? Most housing units in the country (about 83 percent) will receive the short-form questionnaire in Census 2000. The Census 2000 short form will be the shortest form in 180 years.
The long form provides socio-economic detail needed for a wide range of government programs and federal requirements. Nationwide, it goes out to one in six housing units.
Every question is required by law to manage or evaluate federal programs or is needed to meet federal case law requirements. Federal and state funds supporting schools, employment services, housing assistance, road construction, hospital services, programs for the elderly and more are distributed based on census figures.
So how does citizenship fit into this reason for the census?
The census is just to count the people in the country.
the short form long form dodge is irrelevant . What is relevant is the question was asked in census of past and was removed in 2010
It is only irrelevant if you refuse to accept that the vast majority recieve the short form and it does not have the citizenship question and it has been that way for awhile
and just for relevance the 2010 American Community Survey long form has the question. It replaced the long form in 2010. So technically you may be right when you say the long old form did not have the citizenship question. Still there was no long form because it was replaced with the ACS form which did have the question.
The short form does not have the question and only about 80 percent of the population get the short form
The long form which was changed to the he American Community survey in 2010 does have the question of citizenship.
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It's irrelevant what is relevant why was it removed in the first place?
Because since it was only on the American Community Survey which was only sent to less than 30 percent of the population in the past
Now they wanted to add it to both the the 2020 Census which is the short form and American Community Survey the long form
This now goes to 100 percent.
So why do they need it
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According to the reason stated by Census Bureau
These statistics are essential for enforcing the Voting Rights Act and its protections against voting discrimination.
Knowing how many people reside in the community and how many of those people are citizens, in combination with other information, provides the statistical information that helps the government enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and its protections against discrimination in voting.
The
Voting Rights Act was passed in
1965 to ensure state and local governments do not pass laws or policies that deny American citizens the equal right to
vote based on race.
What does the counting of people have to do with the voting rights act?
Keep in mind that the Trump has lost this argument in the Supreme Court about the citizenship question