Census Door Knocking Cut A Month Short Amid Pressure To Finish Count
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Source: NPR
The Census Bureau is cutting short critical door-knocking efforts for the 2020 census amid growing concerns among Democrats in Congress that the White House is pressuring the bureau to wrap up counting soon for political gain, NPR has learned.
Attempts by the bureau's workers to conduct in-person interviews for the census will end on Sept. 30 not Oct. 31, the end date it indicated in April would be necessary to count every person living in the U.S. given major setbacks from the coronavirus pandemic. Three Census Bureau employees, who were informed of the plans during separate internal meetings Thursday, confirmed the new end date with NPR. All of the employees spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of losing their jobs.
"It's going to be impossible to complete the count in time," said one of the bureau employees, an area manager who oversees local census offices. "I'm very fearful we're going to have a massive undercount."
Asked why and when the decision was made to move up the end of door knocking, the Census Bureau replied in a written statement Friday: "We are currently evaluating our operations to enable the Census Bureau to provide this data in the most expeditious manner and when those plans have been finalized we will make an announcement."
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2020/07/30/896656747/when-does-census-counting-end-bureau-sends-alarming-mixed-signals
any guess as to which demographics will be under-counted this year?
IronLionZion
(45,442 posts)and double the count in red districts. Then we can put more congressional districts in red areas.
Warren_Pointe
(328 posts)I have a friend who applied and was accepted and took the training. He is not counting and needs the job.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,340 posts)... if you hire more counters, you'll find more people.
That's the last thing the Repugs want to do.
They especially don't want to find more black or brown people. Those are the worst.
Hiring counters would be like having more Covid testers. No, No, No!
cactusfractal
(496 posts)My wife works for them and they are having trouble filling much needed positions.
If you need work, it's something. Varies by area, but $15-18/hr in FL.
Tess49
(1,579 posts)thought, I had to decline. Going door to door during a pandemic seemed too risky to me. I live in one of those states where the number of daily positive covid cases continues to skyrocket (Okla). I am in a high risk age group, and was not satisfied that the PPE offered (a cloth mask) would be of much help. I realize that I could have purchased better PPE for myself, but at this point I need less anxiety in my life, not more.
applegrove
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