Comment #4

konane — Sat, 29 May 2010 00:40:36 GMT

Thanks Toney! Very happy .... relieved ... for that information.

Comment #3

Toney725 — Sat, 29 May 2010 00:33:29 GMT

I was never told to do that and even if I had, I wouldn't. I just recently completed working as an enumerator here in GA.

Comment #2

konane — Sat, 29 May 2010 00:28:28 GMT

Thanks Rick! Think they're making up rules as they go along, many of which I hope future congresses repeal.

Comment #1

Rick G — Fri, 28 May 2010 23:17:33 GMT

The irony of the census is that they want to count everyone for congressional representation....um...representation?!?

Original Blog Entry: "Census workers can enter your apartment in your absence

konane — Fri, 28 May 2010 15:45:58 GMT

Well isn't this interesting????????

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The Barr Code

Census workers can enter your apartment in your absence

6:00 am May 26, 2010, by Bob Barr

Source Blogs.AJC.com The Barr Code

Thousands of census workers, including many temporary employees, are fanning out across America to gather information on the citizenry. This is a process that takes place not only every decade in order to complete the constitutionally-mandated census; but also as part of the continuing American Community Survey conducted by the Census Bureau on a regular basis year in and year out.

What many Americans don t realize, is that census workers from the head of the Bureau and the Secretary of Commerce (its parent agency) down to the lowliest and newest Census employee are empowered under federal law to actually demand access to any apartment or any other type of home or room that is rented out, in order to count persons in the abode and for the collection of statistics. If the landlord of such apartment or other leased premises refuses to grant the government worker access to your living quarters, whether you are present or not, the landlord can be fined $500.00.

That s right not only can citizens be fined if they fail to answer the increasingly intrusive questions asked of them by the federal government under the guise of simply counting the number of people in the country; but a landlord must give them access to your apartment whether you re there or not, in order to gather whatever statistics the law permits.

In fact, some census workers apparently are going even further and demanding and receiving private cell phone numbers from landlords in order to call tenants and obtain information from them. Isn t it great to live in a free country?

http://blogs.ajc.com/bob-barr-blog/2010/05/26/census-workers-can-enter-your-apartment-in-your-absence/

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