Census takers say they were told to enter false information

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Census takers say they were told to enter false information

By MIKE SCHNEIDER
November 6, 2020

Two census takers told The Associated Press that their supervisors pressured them to enter false information into a computer system about homes they had not visited so they could close cases during the waning days of the once-a-decade national headcount.

Maria Arce said her supervisor in Massachusetts offered step-by-step instructions in how to trick the system. She said she felt guilty about lying, but she did not want to disobey her supervisors, who kept repeating that they were under pressure from a regional office in New York to close cases.

“It was all a sham. I felt terrible, terrible. I knew I was lying. I knew I was doing something wrong, but they said, ‘No, no, we are closing. We have to do this,’” Arce said.

At the time, in mid- to late September, census workers were drawing close to a deadline imposed by President Donald Trump’s administration to finish the count by the end of the month.

Indiana census taker Pam Roberts’ supervisor pressured her to make up answers about households where no one was home.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-massachusetts-census-2020-98d187302fbcec5e422fa43522d51dfe

[Catcar]

1. Sounds about right for Trump Administration. Don't let the door hit you in the ass!

[The Genealogist]

2. I worked for the 2010 census

I was in the office, and I enjoyed it very much. I wish it could have gone on forever! My office was strictly by the book. I am proud of the job we did. Dipshit Donnie politicized the census, and did everything he could to sabotage and discredit the process. THE CENSUS IS NOT ABOUT YOU, ASSHOLE! I'm guessing that the supervisors who told them to do this were in told to instruct these employees to do it. Doesn't absolve them, but I am sure they were pressured. Indeed, I'd not be a bit surprised if these instructions came straight from the top.