Is there any legal obligation to participate in a census?
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Jon the human
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Yes. Though not a common law obligation, is the US Constitutional requirement to participate in a census every ten years, which, like many legal obligations, often incurs a fine if not completed . http://tinyurl.com/zxe2a http://tinyurl.com/32p2mm http://tinyurl.com/2uma48
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Besides the decennial, you are required to particpate in the ACS if your address is chosen. 2% of all residential addresses per year are chosen. ACS replaces the long form decennial. From now on, the decennial, which all residential addresses must participate in, will be the short form.
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The Census is basically how the government is able to govern. If lawmakers don't even know how much the average American earns each year, how can they form economic policy? Of course, Ron Paul doesn't understand that.
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Yes. The law is codified at 13 U.S.C. 221, and states: (a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or survey provided for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of chapter of this title, applying to himself or to the family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or farms of which he or his family is the occupant, shall be fined not more than $100. (b) Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a) of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is false, shall be fined not more than $500. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no person shall be compelled to disclose information relative to his religious beliefs or to membership in a religious body.
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