Text messages sent to field workers collecting data for the census indicate speed was prioritized over accuracy.
As Alabama census workers went door to door, text messages from a supervisor, obtained by the Associated Press, pushed workers to “check off as many households as possible on the list of homes census takers were supposed to visit because residents never had filled out census questionnaires.”
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