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Fight over race questions intensifies ahead of 2030 Census deadline
The Census Bureau says it wants to focus on the head count that allocates House seats, but its proposal leaves open whether government records would replace people's own answers.
On air: Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger on Meet the PressurePublished
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- First reported by Axios: “Fight over race questions intensifies ahead of 2030 Census deadline”, with reporting from Public Powered Policy.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, November 1, 2026, at 10:26 AM ET on Meet the Pressure, by Gloria Vance and Hank Ledger.
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- AxiosFight over race questions intensifies ahead of 2030 Census deadline
- Public Powered PolicyThe census could stop asking about race and ethnicity facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorIn Washington this morning, a fight over whether the twenty thirty Census should stop asking about race and ethnicity has drawn more than one hundred thousand public comments, according to advocates tracking the docket.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the form would stop asking people their race.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe Census Bureau says it wants to focus on the head count that decides House seats.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorRace questions have been asked in every census since seventeen ninety.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThen who answers it?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe proposal does not say whether government records would replace people's own answers, Axios reports.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorCivil rights advocates say that hands Washington the power to decide who you are.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the answer is on file, and the person is not consulted.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorAn outside analysis of fifty-two thousand comments found eighty-six percent opposed.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe deadline was moved from October thirteenth to November second, which is the one flexible thing here.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA hundred thousand comments, and the one person nobody asked is the one on the form.
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