The Trump administration is proposing sweeping changes to the rules governing the 2030 US Census, including a requirement that could make questions about biological sex mandatory for respondents, a change critics say could effectively force transgender people to disclose their trans status to the federal government.

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[–] 12 points 1 month ago (6 children)

What would prevent someone just claiming their identified sex as their census answer? What's the penalty?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    They make a comparison with your birth certificate, then remove your right to vote because your documents are fake or whatever.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    The federal government doesn’t administer elections, that’s explicitly laid out in the constitution as a state power

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    the government does not get free access to census responses, either. it's protected data. the census bureau produces statistics and numbers, it is not a surveillance arm for the feds. it has to be that way, otherwise half the country or more would either lie or not respond at all.

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