[Political Junkie Too]

But the 14th amendment section 2 requires a count of citizens in order to assess penalties against states that abridge their citizens' right to vote.

-PJ

[taxcontrol]

Correct - I prefer to describe it like this.

The census counts people, the 14th requires identification of a sub-set of that count which is citizens.

I am of the opinion that when SCOTUS ruled to not include the question, they ruled incorrectly.