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To: Brumar89 who wrote (292403)	2/14/2009 1:16:59 PM
From: KLP	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793976

What provision will people have this census to know the info they give the census taker will not be cc'd to others who are not in the census loop, or to those in the campaign loop for some of the same electronic whizkids as were used this 2008 election???? How will we know that we don't give the info to organized crime? Having the census under Rahm Emmanuel is not reassuring in the least.....if anything, it is cause for true alarm.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (292403)	2/14/2009 3:51:12 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	1 Recommendation Respond to of 793976

It wouldn't surprise me at all for the WH to use ACORN affiliates in the next census. The Obama campaign (and the campaign folks are in the WH now) used ACORN to "get out the vote" and register fake voters all over the country. Even more simply, just change the methods of counting. It's a real problem how to count the poor, who move often and don't want to declare themselves to authorities, so there is a battle of long standing between those who think "counting" should mean actual counting, and those who think "counting" should mean sampling and extrapolating. Until now I believe the Census has leaned towards conservative methods. Once all the new poor people have been declared into legal existence, then it's a simple matter to send Project Acorn out to register them to vote.