Census Bureau Expands Early Door Knocking For Count To 6 More States

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Despite the pandemic, Census Bureau officials say door knockers will start making in-person visits to households that have not yet filled out a 2020 census form in parts of Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington.

Delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, the bureau is trying to complete the constitutionally mandated head count of every U.S. resident by the end of October amid growing outbreaks around the country.

Starting next week, the bureau is also deploying workers to hand out flyers and try to collect people's census responses using computer tablets outside of grocery stores, pharmacies and libraries in areas with low levels of census participation. in federal tax dollars for Medicare, Medicaid, schools and other public services over the next decade., over the phone or through the mail. For past counts, the bureau has relied on door-to-door outreach to gather accurate data about historically undercounted groups, including people of color and immigrants.

To try to limit the spread of COVID-19, the bureau is requiring workers to stay outside of a person's home when conducting socially-distanced interviews.

 

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Jehova's Witnesses plotting a new strategy rn

They'll just knock for nothing

🤯a nation in free fall

Uh hell no.

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