I’m still waiting for the form to arrive in the mailbox.
They don’t count your vote - why would they count your census form? :)
I filled out the first question on the form and sent it back. The census taker showed up at my apartment door four times. I never provided her any info other than my name and the address of my building on her last stop here. That finally got rid of her. The government lied in their advertisements. They said if you didn’t return the form, you would probably be visited by a census taker. Several other people on FR answered just the first question, and sent the form back, yet were bothered by a census worker showing up multiple times at their doors.
(sniff, sniff)
How can I prove I filed so they leave me alone?
Give him the photocopy of the form you sent in ... :-) ...
The same thing happened to my daughter. Her neighbor banged on the door one morning insisting that she answer questions for the census. Evidently, this woman was a hire for the census and said that my daughter had not filed. However she HAD mailed in the form and told the neighbor. The neighbor insisted she had to give her info and my daughter refused, saying that she didn’t feel comfortable giving info especially since she already filed.
I think they are trying to overcount people to counteract the number of people leaving the state
I sent in my census form and a census worker showed up at my door. I told her that I had already sent it in. Her response was that they didn’t get it. So I simply told her that I had 4 people living here. When she wrote that down, I informed her that she would not get anymore information out of me. She smiled and said “That’s fine. I won’t ask you any more questions. I get payed by the hour, not the amount of info I collect.” She was very polite and very nice.
We talked a bit about the stories spreading on the internet about crimes being committed by census workers and she did admit that she is a bit frightened to go door to door. She is also a realtor, but due to the housing market here, she has had to seek other employment.
I told her that I heard of a situation where a census worker asked one man about his neighbor, trying to get information out of the neighbor. She said that they were encouraged to do that.
She gave me her card for her realty business and we talked about her family. Actually, when she left, I knew more about her than she knew about me.
I would not put it past this administration to undercount areas that are Republican or to overcount areas that are Democrat with double stats throught home vists and forms submitted.