Electoral vote

The discussions about the upcoming 2020 census center around methods to find as many people as possible. Many people who are in the country illegally are worried that they may be deported and are hesitant to talk with the census takers. The question is, if they are here why shouldn't they be counted and the answer gets into the muddy waters of politics. Illegals are not allowed to vote in state and local elections or in national elections for congress but they do vote, although indirectly, for president and vice-president. This is because the president is elected not by counting votes but by the electoral college. As mandated by the U.S. Constitution, America gets just one chance each decade to count its population. The U.S. Census counts every resident in the United States. It is mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution and takes place every 10 years. How the Electoral College Works. ... Each State is allocated a number of Electors equal to the number of its U.S. Senators (always 2) plus the number of its U.S. Representatives (which may change each decade according to the size of each State's population as determined in the Census After each census some states loose congressmen and other states gain congressmen and this change is based on the population as determined by the census. The number of congressmen set at 435 remains the same but the distribution changes. There is one congressman allotted for every 750,000 people. Since there are an estimated 12 million illegals living in the US that equates to 16 electoral votes. Each state gets two votes based on its two senators but the rest is based on population. Those 16 votes equal the votes of 12 states. The question then arises should the votes of 12 million illegals be equal to the legal voters in 12 states.