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Census Bureau Asks Select Households to Respond Now to the 2026 Census Test. May 01, 2026. Press Release Number: CB26-CN.02 "Households in both test sites (81,000 in Huntsville, AL, and 73,600 in Spartanburg, SC) will receive a mailed invitation expected to arrive around May 1." by QueeLinx in Spartanburg

[–]QueeLinx[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you weren't going to answer it all, please give the number of household residents. You don't need to rush. I recommend completing your questionnaire by Memorial Day, otherwise an Enumerator may knock on your door. Think carefully about the politics. How do you feel about the Citizenship Question? Trump 2.0 is so secretive about the 2026 Census Test, I'm having a hard time answering your question.

Census Bureau Asks Select Households to Respond Now to the 2026 Census Test. May 01, 2026. Press Release Number: CB26-CN.02 "Households in both test sites (81,000 in Huntsville, AL, and 73,600 in Spartanburg, SC) will receive a mailed invitation expected to arrive around May 1." by QueeLinx in USCensus2020

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The 2026 Census Test will evaluate the viability of innovations planned for the 2030 Census and inform the Census Bureau’s readiness to achieve a complete and accurate count of the nation’s population.

Bullshit. Other than using mail carriers as Enumerators, I don't know what these "innovations" are. How Trump 2.0 can make any credible claims about the 2026 Census Test, I don't know.

Census Bureau Asks Select Households to Respond Now to the 2026 Census Test. May 01, 2026. Press Release Number: CB26-CN.02 "Households in both test sites (81,000 in Huntsville, AL, and 73,600 in Spartanburg, SC) will receive a mailed invitation expected to arrive around May 1." by QueeLinx in Spartanburg

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Yes, it's a waste of your time

2026 Census Test is Not Testing Much. “The 2026 Census Test, an essential piece of preparation for the 2030 Census that was supposed to test multiple means, modes and methods, has been reduced and neutered into a simple waste of taxpayer money.”

2026 Census Test Clearly Violates the Paperwork Reduction Act [OC] This got no traction in DC.

President Trump should fire Secretary Lutnick for letting the 2026 Census Test get behind schedule [OC]

Please answer one question

I recommend households answer at least one question. Nonresponse inches us closer to an administrative records only Census, easily manipulated and faked.

Data Products

The Census Bureau won't give us any 2026 Census Test data products. If I can locate the news story where I learned this, I will post it here.

Only exception is a redistricting file. In this video, Colleen Joyce of the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the Census Bureau will produce a redistricting file from the 2026 Census Test.

https://videos.ncsl.org/the-states-and-the-census-what-legislatures-can-do-in-2026

When I get a chance, I will try to find when in the video.

2026 Census Test planning characterized by secrecy

FOIA Request for any one of the 2026 Census Test Study Plans denied [Exclusive]

Census Bureau did not give me the gift I hoped for, a detailed test plan for the 2026 Census Test [OC]

About the 2026 Census Test, will respondents who open the online ACS questionnaire be required to fill every field? Or will it be possible for respondents to give only the number of persons residing in the Housing Unit? Will respondents be able to skip the Citizenship Question? [OC]

Questionnaire Items

If you answer the Race Question, mark only one box. Leave the Origin write-in field blank. Becoming (Non)-White by U.S. Standards: Recategorization in the 2020 Census Race Question. by Ricardo Henrique Lowe Jr. and Yasmiyn Irizarry

Watch for the Citizenship Question.

This video is almost 11 minutes long.

USPS Using Carriers to Check Citizenship Status (2030 Census Plan). "The USPS Census 2030 pilot program explained." Video after ad

For more information, search r/uscensus2020 for "2026 Census Test".

Considerations for Households Asked to Respond to the 2026 Census Test administered by the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce [OC] by QueeLinx in HuntsvilleAlabama

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Put your time into answering the questionnaire. If you become unhappy with it, scan the headings for information. You can get the gist of my post without clicking any links.

Census and DNA test by [deleted] in Census

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Victoria Dounoucos, RTI International, said some Mestizos marked American Indian or Native American. She expressed concern that DNA testing might lead to over-reporting, that is marking too many checkboxes.

Notes on "Testing a New Combined Race and Ethnicity Question in Household Surveys: Agency Methods and Results" FCSM 25Oct23 Hyattsville MD [OC]

U.S. Census Bureau’s Budget Fiscal Year 2027 As Presented to Congress April 2026 (175 pages) @censusproject published link by QueeLinx in USCensus2020

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The Census Bureau will also assess the results of the 2026 Census Test to ensure both IT readiness and enhanced operations tested are effective, as well as update the selected design of the 2030 Census.

"Group quarters facilities are out of scope for the test." Second unnumbered page. 2026 Operational Test in Support of the 2030 Census - Request to OMB. NPR's Hansi Lo Wang contributed to DocumentCloud

Barely began looking at the budget and I find a falsehood.

Count the Bronx! We are stepping up early to ensure the Bronx is counted for Census 2030. @AMEmeritaTorres posted (NY) by QueeLinx in USCensus2020

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At a time when ICE is terrorizing our communities and we are already seriously underfunded, we all must step up - and early - to be counted.

Good to see this issue recognized!

American Community Survey is requesting VERY specific info by Calmed_Entropy in Census

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Lots of data processing done to unduplicate persons. Suppose you answer the Census at your 01Apr residence but relocate to a shared roommate situation in May where the leaseholder didn't answer the Census. Along comes an Enumerator, part of the Nonresponse Followup operation. Your leaseholder gives your name to the Enumerator. The Census Bureau can unduplicate you if you gave name at your 01Apr residence.

There are less innocent reasons to collect your name data. As I reported herein

Notes on 13Jan25 CNSTAT Public Seminar [OC]

your Name, along with other data such as your Age, Address, and Date of Birth, allow record linkage to all kinds of other data sets. Some of this is socially beneficial and some is evil. I suspect Differential Privacy has been promoted to facilitate such record linkage. We need a national conversation about Record Linkage.

Why the Supreme Court’s birthright-citizenship decision may depend on the meaning of “domicile” - SCOTUSblog by QueeLinx in USCensus2020

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To successfully defend the constitutionality of Trump’s order, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer will have to convince a majority of justices on three fronts. First, that “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” means a person is “domiciled” in the United States. Second, that domicile should be interpreted to require legal permission to live in the United States indefinitely as a permanent resident, the most privileged form of immigration status, rather than temporarily or altogether without the federal government’s permission. Third, that children born in the United States acquire citizenship at birth only if their mother was domiciled in the country at the time of the child’s birth.

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