GOP Accused of Sending Misleading 'Census' Forms

[applegrove]

GOP Accused of Sending Misleading ‘Census’ Forms

February 20, 2020 at 8:23 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 22 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/20/gop-accused-of-sending-misleading-census-forms/

"SNIP......

The Republican National Committee is sending documents labeled “2020 Congressional District Census” to people in California and across the country just weeks before the start of the official nationwide count of the country’s population, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Critics say the misleading mailers — in envelopes labeled “Do Not Destroy. Official Document” and including a lengthy questionnaire on blue-tinted paper similar to the type used by the real census — are designed to confuse people and possibly lower the response rate when the count begins in mid-March.

.......SNIP"

[DFW]

1. Republicans ALWAYS pull crap like this

They know their policies, taken at face value, will lose election for them. So, they cheat. They think it works better for them. Unfortunately, they're right.

[LunaSea]

2. "designed to confuse people and possibly lower the response rate"

The data collection will be more valuable than any confusion created.

[applegrove]

3. Yes. I wonder if it is a push poll too. They do that.

[2naSalit]

4. They are nothing more than lowly cheaters.

We should start calling them the cult of cheaters. And start calling -45 the cheater in chief.

[defacto7]

5. Word... check everything!

[napi21]

6. What kind of questions are on this form? Is it to be sent back? Where is it to be sent to?

I'm trying to figure out if they are trying to get info useful to them! Maybe questions they arent allowed to ask on the actual census form?

[applegrove]

7. No the info will all go back to the republicans. And they can send

out a free coupon for family dinner a chick filet for 5:45 PM on election day (or whatever they do with data).

[2naSalit]

8. I have some thoughts about this...

having worked the census last time around. No authentic, official census worker will ask you any questions without showing you a Census ID with an expiration date of no more than sixty days from when you see it. They are required to advise you of the confidentiality of your responses and that no personal identifiable information will be disclosed or connected with you. Any information made public won;t be made public for 72 years. They have to tell you all of that before asking anything more than whether the address they think it is, is correct upon your agreement. They can only ask a set of questions and that's it.

So when would someone show up at your place?

In March, they will be verifying addresses and hand delivering the questionnaire if you don't have your own mailbox on the address property. 80% of my state was hand delivered so we had major ground operation. All others will come via USPS in your mailbox at the address. Read the heading carefully and all the questions first.

You should not be asked for your phone number in the first three operations that should go on until June. After that they may contact you to see if you know anything about a neighboring property, like if it's a vacation home or permanent residence. Rather benign.

But always check anyone's ID if they say they are from the census, they've all been fingerprinted. You can be nice but don't give them any more info than they ask for, which is on the questionnaire. And read the top if the form to make sure it's official.

ETA: read the BOTTOM of the form too!

[Takket]

9. a friend of my wife tweeted a photo of one..........

I cannot possibly fathom how this is legal. This is an intentional misrepresentation designed to trick people.

This isn't my wife's friend but someone else that tweeted it..........

Link to tweet

?s=20

[applegrove]

10. Thanks.

[napi21]

11. The first hint that it's fake is the title of the first section! "Your POLITICAL PROFILE"! n/t

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[JudyM]

13. This is seriously messed up.

[rockfordfile]

12. Republicans and Russian government

[Brother Buzz]

14. The kicker is at the VERY END of Katie Porter's prob - "We sent them at the request of Donald Trump"

Link to tweet

[applegrove]

15. "They must comply with us". Will make some hate government more

when they throw it out and then get another in the mail.

[Brother Buzz]

16. I'm very interested to learn what areas/districts they targeted in California

[applegrove]

17. I am sure the Democrats are reverse engineering the mailing as we speak.

[Brother Buzz]

18. I'm assuming Katie Porter has all her ducks in a row and has everything documented....

so it might speed things up to start asking questions, starting with the California Republican Party, then move up the food chain.

I totally trust Katie Porter and her brain trust are going to run this to ground, and she already knows where the trail leads.

[applegrove]

19. That is heartening. Make it a huge meme for how republicans treat

elections and voters.

[shanti]

20. He HATES California(ns)!

We are definitely a target.

[Brother Buzz]

21. That's totally understood...

but I can't believe they think they could get away with blanketing the entire state without it blowing up in their face. I have no clue about what all the ramifications are, but I could accept they could target certain social economical areas and hope they can get away with it.

[shanti]

22. And you know what takes the cake?

He uses Nunes, a CA rep, as a cudgel against our mostly Dem state. A person most CA Dems cannot stand. He's vicious.

[Brother Buzz]

23. California is nothing but an ATM machine (RAP) to the orange anus

A Redundant Acronym Phrase (RAP) is a phrase containing an acronym plus a word or phrase such that, when the acronym is expanded, the phrase would contain a redundancy. This is best illustrated by an example: ATM machine. ATM is an acronym for automated teller machine.

[klook]

29. You use your PIN number

to log onto an ATM machine.

[ck4829]

25. Interesting

[Brother Buzz]

28. What's your take on who they and us are?

"This was an order by Donald Trump to send out to the people and they must comply with us."

[ck4829]

24. K&R

[exboyfil]

26. And the voter verification mailings look like junk mail

Instead of clearly stating in bold letters failure to return this card will eliminate you from the voter rolls.

[applegrove]

27. Exactly. Someone should put the two together and show them to a judge.

Have it go to the supreme court in an expidited way because it is about who can vote. Let the Supreme Court rule. And then let the people vote on the whole web.

[malaise]

30. Guilty of not accused of n/t