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Census Still ‘Struggling’ With IT Problems That May Affect Count’s Accuracy
CNSNews.com ^
| April 30, 2010
| Edwin Mora
Posted on 04/30/2010 3:36:19 AM PDT by Man50D
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To: opentalk
They are more concerned about counting illegals than citizens.
In their minds illegals are citizens.
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posted on
05/01/2010 7:10:55 AM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
To: Man50D
I am suspicious that this is being orchestrated to extend the census in order to keep the census takers employed improving the unemployment numbers until after the midterms.
To: Man50D
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posted on
05/01/2010 7:17:20 AM PDT
by
opentalk
To: opentalk
Constituationally, they’re counting people, not citzens. There’s nothing in the Constitution about counting citizens.
The “Long Form” or American Community Survey does ask about citizenship. It doesn’t ask about legal status.
The count for Congressional districting doesn’t distinguish between citizens and non-citizens - and it never has.
To: bossmechanic
I signed-on as an enumerator, also. All of the questionaires are optically scanned — that’s the difficult part. The forms must be clean, unfolded, and the handwriting must be legible in order to be “read” by the scanners.
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posted on
05/01/2010 7:43:57 AM PDT
by
GVnana
To: johniegrad
This is normal and nothing different from any of the previous censuses.
To: Man50D
As if they weren’t going to fudge the numbers, anyway.
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posted on
05/01/2010 7:47:15 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Bahbah
They are just trying to figure out how much fraud they can get away with. DING! WINNER!!!!
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posted on
05/01/2010 7:48:35 AM PDT
by
usconservative
(When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
To: Strategerist
Their emphasis with the advertising in Latino areas and churches and Spanish forms seems this is a big priority.
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posted on
05/01/2010 7:49:51 AM PDT
by
opentalk
To: Man50D
I never sent mine in, no one has come to my house.
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posted on
05/01/2010 8:06:16 AM PDT
by
Grunthor
(Over YOUR dead body!)
To: Man50D
The U.S. Census Bureau is still having problems with its computer system that handles the data for households that did not return a census form. Yep, let's blame it on the "computer system" instead of the real problem.
LAZY, INEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT WORKERS!
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posted on
05/01/2010 8:13:30 AM PDT
by
unixfox
To: Man50D
“
Census Still Struggling With IT Problems That May Affect Counts Accuracy
“
Can you say “gerrymandering”?
(or cheating to redistrict to make safe multiple-generation,
if not ETERNAL Democratic Congressional districts?)
Yes, I knew you could.
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posted on
05/01/2010 8:14:17 AM PDT
by
VOA
To: unixfox
Actually what I’ve heard through the grapevine is when someone hasn’t returned the form, the program they use to input the data crashes time and again with a “blank field not found” error or something to that effect.
I think it’s hilarious myself, but whatever....
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posted on
05/01/2010 8:14:52 AM PDT
by
MikefromOhio
(There is no truth to the rumor that Ted Kennedy was buried at sea.....)
To: Man50D
printed out the assignments for the enumerators who will conduct in-person interviews with households that did not mail in their forms.
You can’t mail them in if you don’t get one. I live in Cherokee County, Georgia, in the top 10 of reddest counties in the country. Gee, I wonder why it never got here.
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posted on
05/01/2010 8:27:29 AM PDT
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(Why protest fur and not leather? Ever try to hassle a motorcycle gang?)
To: GeorgiaDawg32
Me either in Ftn Hills AZ. Neither did my sister. up the street. Really organized. Perhaps we should have sent them via Fed Ex...I can't even find a form thru the internet. If
anyone knows how to get one of the mysterious forms let me know.
To: Oceander; brytlea; Diana in Wisconsin; Kakaze; Tammy8; unkus; metmom; Cap Huff; svcw; ...
I fear you are correct.
Pinging the political ping list to your post #9.
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posted on
05/01/2010 8:45:21 AM PDT
by
greyfoxx39
(You have body and you have fat, your ratio 1 to 1, two bodies, your ratio 2 to 2. See?)
To: Man50D
We answered 2 people and sent the form in.....I am not talking to anyone that shows up at the door.
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posted on
05/01/2010 8:50:33 AM PDT
by
Kakaze
(Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for If the Conservatives had.....except not doing it sooner!)
To: Strategerist
The Long Form or American Community Survey does ask about citizenship. It doesnt ask about legal status.It asks where you are born in question 7, "Where was this person born", and asks for state name, or "outside the US", then Question 8, "Is this person a citizen of the US".
Just filling out this form since this thread reminded me I received it.
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posted on
05/01/2010 9:24:26 AM PDT
by
greyfoxx39
(You have body and you have fat, your ratio 1 to 1, two bodies, your ratio 2 to 2. See?)
To: unixfox
I answered all the questions but the answers were not likely to be what 0 would want. On a few I said None of the government's business. On a couple I said I would not answer because I had no faith that the information would NOT be sold to 3rd party (SEIU/ACORN) types and could be used against me later.
I haven't heard a word back yet.
To: pnh102
“So we shouldnt be surprised when DC ends up with 270 electoral votes.”
Well, they’re pushing for 370, so like unemployment, that would be so “Unexpected.”
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posted on
05/01/2010 10:16:07 AM PDT
by
JDW11235
(I think I got it now!)
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