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Acorn Role in Census Challenged
Wall St Journal ^ | 6/29/2009 | JAKE SHERMAN

Posted on 06/29/2009 6:40:04 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies

Some Republican members of Congress want the U.S. Census Bureau to end a 2010 Census partnership with Acorn, the community organizing group that was hit by accusations of voter-registration fraud in the 2006 and 2008 elections.

Acorn, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, signed up in February with the bureau to be a "2010 Census Partner," which includes, among other things, identifying job candidates, encouraging its members to participate in the count and distributing literature explaining the importance of the census.

But in the wake of accusations that some former Acorn employees engaged in voter registration fraud in the 2006 and 2008 elections, the partnership isn't sitting well with some Republicans on Capitol Hill who worry that Acorn could skew results. There's a lot at stake since the census is used to dole out money to states and localities and to allocating seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina, the ranking Republican on the panel that oversees the Census Bureau, is demanding that the bureau explain how the partnership with Acorn fits its stated mission of selecting partners that will not "distract from the Census Bureau's mission."

Several other conservatives would like to see the Census Bureau sever its ties to Acorn altogether. Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah) said in an interview that he plans to introduce a bill that would require mail carriers to count the population as a way of keeping Acorn out of the process.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2010census; acorn; agenda; bho44; census; censusfraud; corruption; democrats; howtostealanelection; lping; obama; obamabrownshirts; voterfraud
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1 posted on 06/29/2009 6:40:05 AM PDT by SonOfDarkSkies
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

The stench of far left politics is all over ACORN’s involvement in the Census (as with everything that scummy organization’s involved with). I’m grateful for the Republicans for standing up to this, and for whatever help they give against this modern version of the Tweed Ring which is the Obama administration.


2 posted on 06/29/2009 6:46:01 AM PDT by VR-21 (The election of Barack Obama was a hate crime.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies
...among other things, identifying job candidates, encouraging its members to participate in the count and distributing literature explaining the importance of the census.

...another reason NOT to self-identify, yourself....
white / male, GET OUTTA HERE....(It did happen).


3 posted on 06/29/2009 6:46:44 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Zer0Bambi to the poor voter: Welcome to Obamacare (Peasant Care ®) You Sucker... Now Die! :^)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

And it’s up to individual citizens to fill out census forms according to Constitutional requirements—number of people in the house, period.


4 posted on 06/29/2009 6:48:27 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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And it’s up to individual citizens to fill out census forms according to Constitutional requirements—number of people in the house, period.

That is all they are getting here in NM.

I have already told the pre -census taker that the half address, is the pump house electric meter, there are no other residences.

5 posted on 06/29/2009 6:53:49 AM PDT by Kakaze (Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
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To: Oldpuppymax

I don’t think I’m required to do anything for the census.


6 posted on 06/29/2009 6:53:56 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

The census is already cooked and duped. The hiring process has started and those hired have been screened to be “sensitive” on past “under counting” of minorities and illegals.

Example: There was an opening for a supervisor in a large area of Northern WI. A person (white guy)I know of applied, that person had a management degree and was available as he lost his job as IT mgr. at a large WI co. that got sold. He had the interview with the head of census hiring for IL & WI, and in the interview he let slip he had worked campaigns for a Republican candidate in WI putting together lists of voters & voting patterns (what was he thinking?).

That ended the interview as the census person (Black gal) said “we really want someone who will bring in counts of minorities, Hispanics and undocumented immigrants and you may not be right for that.” I bet this isn’t an isolated example.


7 posted on 06/29/2009 7:00:04 AM PDT by RicocheT
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

Republicans had a President, Congress, Senate, and a “fair” (equally balanced Supreme Court) for 6 years. They didn’t play “hardball” (which would also have been fair ball, since all they had to elimate was funding to the left). They didn’t play hardball because they were mainly moderates helped into canidacy by the mainstream Republican organizations, which are fighting to stay a strong minority in government rather than trying to take the whole game and change America. We conservatives still outnumber the liberals, but another few years of indoctrination, left-wing funding through government, cheating at the ballot box so that regular Americans become dispirited, and we won’t. My wife has friends from Venezuela who think they see what happened to their country happening here. My grandmother switched to Republican, once, during Clinton, and then left when we didn’t bring him down, because after a lifetime of “winning” with the Dems, she didn’t understand why we would choose to lose when we had him in our cross-hairs and required only a party line vote to pull the trigger. Republicans are losers and choose to stay that way. Conservatives are a minority but the tail doesn’t wag the dog as the liberals do with the Dems. We aren’t as tough politically.

Rant over.


8 posted on 06/29/2009 7:23:19 AM PDT by Woebama (Paying for my neighbor's mortgage and Wall Street's bonuses sure is hard.)
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To: SonOfDarkSkies

BTTT


9 posted on 06/29/2009 7:52:19 AM PDT by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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To: Oldpuppymax

“And it’s up to individual citizens to fill out census forms according to Constitutional requirements—number of people in the house, period.”

I heard that people in safe Red States can register pets.

You know, since Obama’s nominee claims that animals can sue people.


10 posted on 06/29/2009 7:59:52 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Woebama

It’s time for a new party. The Conservative Party with people like Sarah Palin


11 posted on 06/29/2009 9:00:28 AM PDT by Linda Frances
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To: Woebama
It's time for a new party. The Conservative Party with people like Sarah Palin.
12 posted on 06/29/2009 9:03:01 AM PDT by Linda Frances
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To: Woebama
It's time for a new party. The Conservative Party with people like Sarah Palin.
13 posted on 06/29/2009 9:03:21 AM PDT by Linda Frances
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To: Woebama
It's time for a new party. The Conservative Party with people like Sarah Palin.
14 posted on 06/29/2009 9:03:26 AM PDT by Linda Frances
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To: Woebama
It's time for a new party. The Conservative Party with people like Sarah Palin.
15 posted on 06/29/2009 9:03:48 AM PDT by Linda Frances
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To: Oldpuppymax
number of people in the house, period.

That is the only question I will answer.

16 posted on 06/29/2009 9:30:30 AM PDT by BARLF
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To: bamahead

Ping


17 posted on 06/29/2009 11:46:56 AM PDT by EdReform (The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed *NRA*JPFO*SAF*GOA*SAS*CCRKBA)
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To: Linda Frances

Heh, I did the same on another thread, four posts before I figured out the system was down.


18 posted on 06/29/2009 11:50:22 AM PDT by Woebama (Paying for my neighbor's mortgage and Wall Street's bonuses sure is hard.)
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To: RicocheT

That ended the interview as the census person (Black gal) said “we really want someone who will bring in counts of minorities, Hispanics and undocumented immigrants and you may not be right for that.” I bet this isn’t an isolated example.
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Nobody that even resembles anyone from ACORN better not even attempt to enter my property or I’m calling my local police and I know them all personally and they are all Republicans.


19 posted on 06/29/2009 12:41:49 PM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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To: RicocheT

Nobody that even resembles anyone from ACORN need even attempt to enter my property or I’m calling my local police and I know them all personally and they are all Republicans.


20 posted on 06/29/2009 12:42:50 PM PDT by mojitojoe (All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.)
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