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'Not Enough Time': Census Workers Fear Rushing Count Could Botch Results

Posted on AllSides August 11th, 2020
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With 50 days left to count every person living in the U.S., Census Bureau workers around the country are facing what many consider an increasingly impossible mission.

Already hampered by the coronavirus pandemic, a shortened schedule for counting has exacerbated lingering challenges in dealing with health risks, retaining workers and deploying new technology for the 2020 census, which is now wrapping up in the middle of a historic hurricane season.

"There's just not enough time to do all the work that needs to be done," one office operations supervisor tells...

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https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901202892/not-enough-time-census-workers-fear-rushing-count-could-botch-results

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