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The Census Bureau has proposed rules for the 2030 Census that would remove millions of noncitizens from the population count used to divide congressional seats among the states. This includes many noncitizens living in the United States lawfully. The rules would also change where everyone else is counted and bar the census from asking about race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. The Constitution requires counting the “whole number of persons in each State,” and every census since 1790 has counted people where they live, regardless of citizenship. The proposal would distort political representation, weaken the count’s accuracy, and eliminate data needed to enforce the Voting Rights Act and other civil rights laws. The ALCU is urging the Bureau to withdraw the rule entirely.

Loyola Law School professor Justin Levitt has worked on elections for 25 years in the government, nonprofits, and academia. He addresses common voter questions and what to expect at the polls this Election Day.

Exactly one week before the November 3, 2026, midterm elections, the Potter County Republican Party filed a baseless lawsuit challenging the vote tabulation and certification processes counties across Texas have used without flaw for years. They seek an order mandating a hand count of paper ballots across all Texas counties, the results of which a court must confirm, before certification of the U.S. senate race in Texas can proceed. Representing the NAACP Texas State Conference, the League of Women Voters of Texas, MOVE Texas Civic Fund, and Common Cause, the ACLU, the ÌÒ×ÓÊÓƵof Texas, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the Carter Law group moved to intervene in this lawsuit to defend voters’ interests in the accurate and timely counting of their votes.

The Department of Homeland Security and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services are subjecting thousands of naturalized American citizens to improper investigations questioning their voting eligibility, and they’re using outdated, faulty data and methods to do so. As a result, these citizens face increasing, unwarranted scrutiny from the federal government and, potentially, disenfranchisement. We’re challenging these unlawful actions and the unreliable data behind them to ensure no eligible voter is targeted or silenced because of them.