There's got to be a better system than this. The story is that there is a small city in Ireland, who might have two fifths of it's population go to a rugby match in Dublin on the day a census is taken. And if the census shows that the city has less than 50,000 people (it currently has 54,000) then they lose European funding. So the mayor is asking that the census "people" be lenient and allow the population to turn in "forms" throughout Monday.
Here's my problem. What kind of census is done in a single day, and requires the population to actually go somewhere and turn in a form!? Sounds too Luke chapter 2-ish. I figured we had something more sophisticated these days. Not sure what I would suggest...but...a single day? And they have to physically be present (hence the reason 20,000 rugby absentees would be a problem). So if you are on vacation...have a job that works you to death Sunday...are just plain busy on Sunday...forget...you wont get counted. Maybe it's our American culture that says I am too busy to do that.
I guess if you look at voting, you have a whole nation, finding time in their schedule to go to the polls in a single day. And there is obviously something at stake in the census. But...I don't know. Doesn't sound like something I would put forth the effort in doing. But...maybe I'm just a jerk.
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