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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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When this first came out, they should have raised holy hell and they didn’t. Since when can the president just decide he will take control of the census and I can’t believe the citizens didn’t protest and boycott filling them out. Everyone shows outrage for one day, then moves on. That’s why he keeps doing so many things at once. He knows people won’t concentrate on one thing then. His Chicago thugs play the citizens like a fine tuned piano. It’s disgusting how gullible they are.
I think this is a great idea! The mail carriers are familiar with the areas they serve, they know when people move in and out of a home, and they're already in place.
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Obama’s Census to castrate American Caucasians
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2281012/posts
The calculated Rahm Emanuel manipulating the census to build a permanent Dem majority w/ the replies.
ID theft is a distinct possibilty ....... with the nefarious ACORN getting ahold of the info.
Americans are supposed to be counted. Under ACORN the census will enshrine illegal hyphanates as the "new majority" (a political goal of the Obamatons).
Until the American people rise up against this corruption and tyranny and ask for impeachment of these corrupt politicians, we’re doomed. Our heritage isn’t one to tolerate this much longer.
Thanks justiceseeker93 and Liz.
Congressional Probe of ACORN Scuttled
A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative | 27 June 2009 | John Semmens
Posted on 06/29/2009 12:54:54 PM PDT by John Semmens
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2281816/posts
Sarah Palin/Michelle Bachmann 2012 !
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Everyone should read that!
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