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Randell Niemeyer: “Right now, as it sits, we count everybody, whether they're a…”

Featuring: Randell Niemeyer, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Indiana, District 1

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🚛💨 HR7109, "Equal Representation Act" - Randy on the Road 19

Published | Video Starts at 00:37

So what it does is requires on the decennial census there to be a box to check for those who are not US Citizens but still need to be counted in the census. That's an important thing because Right now, as it sits, we count everybody, whether they're a legal resident or they're not. And what that does is it could alter the distribution of congressional seats as well as electoral votes. (00:37–00:44)

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Asserts that the current census counts all individuals regardless of legal residency.

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