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SCOOP: @NPR has obtained a copy of an agreement showing that South Dakota is sharing driver's license and state ID records with the Census Bureau to help the Trump administration figure out the U.S. citizenship status of every adult living in the country. https://www.npr.org/2020/07/14/890798378/south-dakota-is-sharing-drivers-license-info-to-help-find-out-who-s-a-citizen

South Dakota Is Sharing Driver's License Info To Help Find Out Who's A Citizen

To produce citizenship data that can be used when voting districts are redrawn, the Trump administration asked states to share their records. South Dakota agreed to do so in April, NPR has learned.

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/14/890798378/south-dakota-is-sharing-drivers-license-info-to-help-find-out-who-s-a-citizen

2. To be clear, there is *no* citizenship question on the #2020Census.

This agreement with South Dakota Department of Public Safety is part of Trump admin's backup plan for producing block-level citizenship data that could benefit GOP during redistricting https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6988649-April-14-2020-Memorandum-of-Understanding.html

April 14, 2020 Memorandum of Understanding Between South Dakota's...

Source document contributed to DocumentCloud by Hansi Wang (NPR).

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6988649-April-14-2020-Memorandum-of-Understanding.html

3. In case you haven't read the article yet, what I've confirmed today is that South Dakota's sharing its state driver's license & state ID card data with the Census Bureau. In November, I reported on a similar agreement re: Nebraska driver's license data. https://www.npr.org/2019/11/20/781373128/nebraska-1st-to-say-it-will-share-drivers-license-records-with-census-bureau

Nebraska Is 1st State To Share Driver's License Records With Census Bureau

The state's Department of Motor Vehicles signed an agreement to share records that the Census Bureau says will help it produce data about the citizenship status of every person living in the U.S.

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/20/781373128/nebraska-1st-to-say-it-will-share-drivers-license-records-with-census-bureau

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