FIRST: Trump's administration attempted to add a citizenship question to the census as a scare tactic to discourage traditionally underrepresented communities from standing up to be counted.
THEN: The Supreme Court blocked the administration from including the question. Since they could no longer undermine the census count through official channels, they shifted to a new approach.
NOW: The Republican National Committee sent mailers that could easily cause confusion and mistrust of the census. The Trump campaign also ran misleading campaign ads on Facebook that asked people to take an "official" survey that they dubbed to be a "census." These deceitful campaign communications even asked for donations!
The census is the foundation for redistricting. Without an accurate count, it will be impossible to create fair maps that truly represent the communities who live there. We need to take action now to ensure a fair count.
We've set a goal of 100 signatures from D.C. by the end of the weekend. Add your name to our petition here.
-- AOTL Census Working Group