Census

Rep. Michele Bachman has said she and her family will only answer one Census question next year — how many people live in her home — and she’s urged others to do the same. While that’s caused worry for some in her party, it’s more of a problem for a colleague closer to home. Minnesota [...]

Rep. Michele Bachmann’s opposition to the U.S. Census is spreading, according to the Bakersfield Californian. A Bakersfield man is boycotting the Census, and the paper thinks Bachmann’s campaign might be the cause. In Ohio, homeless advocates are worried Bachmann’s campaign could impact federal funding if people followed her lead. That could hurt the poor, according [...]

Rep. Michele Bachmann is not the only person saying she won’t fill out the full U.S. Census. She’s joined in her boycott by a group she has vociferously spoken out against — undocumented immigrants.

Recent statements by Rep. Michele Bachmann about ACORN and the U.S. Census have the media and watchdog groups piling on. Bachmann has said several times in the last week that her family will leave most of the census blank because ACORN has signed on to be a partner organization.
Politifact, a Pulitzer prize-winning website, fact-checked Rep. [...]

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who may be redistricted out of a job based on next year’s Census findings, has already stated she won’t respond to certain Census questions required by law for fear that ACORN will get its hands on the info. Now she’s working to spread the fear — by conjuring the internment of Japanese-Americans [...]

Rep. Michele Bachmann told the Washington Times on Wednesday that she will not be filling out all the questions on next year’s census because ACORN will be one of the federal government’s many community partners for conducting the census. But what she is proposing to do is illegal, the Times reports.

Minnesota could lose a representative in Congress after the 2010 census, says a report by the Minnesota State Demographic Center entitled, “Halftime Highlights: Minnesota at Mid-Decade.” According to a report published by State Sen. Kathy Sheran’s office,
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