Trump officials revive a bid to alter the U.S. census and reshape voting maps

September 9, 2026 · 10:00 am 3 sources

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Coverage

Wires & papers of record

• Trump officials propose sweeping changes to the census that would reshape voting maps
  NPR · September 9, 2026 12:58
  A Trump census proposal would stop asking about race and exclude millions of U.S. residents from a count that the 14th Amendment says must include the "whole number of persons in each state."

Coverage

• A US Census Report on Noncitizen Voting Used Bad Data to Reach Faulty Conclusions
  WIRED · September 9, 2026 10:00
  Trump has touted a recent Census report. WIRED found grave flaws in its analysis and the process behind it, and confirmed the identity of several of its authors—among them a one-time DOGE affiliate.
• Trump administration proposes excluding certain immigrants from US census
  Al Jazeera · September 10, 2026 00:33
  The proposal aims to exclude some legal and undocumented immigrants from the count used to determine US House seats.