Census Bureau Overwhelmed By Public Comments Opposing Citizenship Question

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“The Census Bureau received 147,831 documents with comments” on this summer’s Federal Register Notice, according to an�analysis�posted today on Regulations.gov.

As highlighted by National Public Radio (NPR) reporter�Hansi Lo Wang,�nearly 138,000 of those comments were about the proposed question on citizenship, and about 99 percent of such comments were opposed.

Many of the Census Project�s stakeholders were a part of that opposition.

The count of documents doesn’t even include all the individuals and groups that signed onto petitions that were submitted.

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Census Bureau Overwhelmed By Public Comments Opposing Citizenship Question

“The Census Bureau received 147,831 documents with comments” on this summer’s Federal Register Notice, according to an�analysis�posted today on Regulations.gov.

As highlighted by National Public Radio (NPR) reporter�Hansi Lo Wang,�nearly 138,000 of those comments were about the proposed question on citizenship, and about 99 percent of such comments were opposed.

Many of the Census Project�s stakeholders were a part of that opposition.

The count of documents doesn’t even include all the individuals and groups that signed onto petitions that were submitted.

CitizenshipQuesCommentsTab2.png

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