[Abigail Adams]

Why did you answer the unconstitutional questions?

[GeorgiaDawg32]

All I’m tellin them is number of people living here. No name, race, names etc. Uh uh.

[A. Morgan]

I wrote down American.

[fanfan]

I hope you entered “American”.

:-)

[Paladin2]

Some states are required to provide minority majority districts. See NC.

[outofstyle]

I got mine today. I am planning to refuse to answer the “racist” questions.

[acoulterfan]

On the phone number line can I put “unlisted”?

[TitansAFC]

I think every Freeper in a red state should return the census with the following data:

1.) Number of people in your household: 500,000

Meanwhile, we in the blue states will put the following:

1.) Number of people in your household: -18

[dynachrome]

I did put my name on it, number of people, age.

Race: “Other - American”

That’s it.

the mail truck will be picking it up soon.

[WackySam]

The standard Census is pretty tame this time around. The ACS (American Community Survey) version that is sent to a limited number of people is much more intrusive. I got one of these a while back and it took months to shake these bastards from my back. In the end they gave up on me (after threatening me with legal action)

Here’s the ACS version-

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/ACS-1%28info%29%282010%29%20Stateside%20English_web.pdf

[devane617]

Stood at the mailbox and filled out my form and left it for the Postman...

[Gay State Conservative]

My household planning to “deem” the census form to have been completed and returned.

[black_diamond]

Got mine today too. I filled in the number of people and nothing else in that section. Left 2, 3 and 4 unanswered. As for the info on the individuals, for each one indicated nothing (no name, sex, or age) but did mark the race box as Some Other Race and wrote in “American”

[Dallas59]

They wanted my phone number...I was soooooooooooo tempted to give them a number....;-)

[My hearts in London - Everett]

Just got ours today too. I filled in question 1, our ages, sex and wrote “Native American” under “race”. Wrote “Article 1, Section 2 US Constitution across the rest of the page. Mailing it on April 1, due to not having psychic abilities.

[Magnum44]

I live in a blue state. If I dont want so much blue representation in congress, should I avoid finding my census? Just wondering...

[Star Traveler]

Everyone might as well know this, too..., :-) ...

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What happens if I don't fill out my census form?

In the United States, the census is officially a big deal (see How the Census Works to learn exactly how big a deal it is). Originally, the census was meant to be a way to count everyone so that the members of the House of Representatives could be allocated properly to the states. Every 10 years there would be a count, and states with more people got more members in the House. Over time, the government has gotten significantly more complicated, and today, the federal government allocates money to states for all sorts of programs. Something like $100 billion gets distributed every year, and quite a bit of it is distributed based on population. The census provides the only official head count.

Someone is very likely to notice if you do not fill out and return your form. After April 1 in a census year, all of the responses received by the U.S. Census Bureau will be compared to major lists of U.S. residences. If your response has not been received -- or if you didn't complete all the questions on your form -- someone from the census will contact you for that information. The census is a $6.5 billion dollar project. They can afford to be thorough!

If you refuse to give out the information or you deliberately give inaccurate information, you can be in legal trouble. According to United States Code, Title 13 (Census), Chapter 7 (Offenses and Penalties), SubChapter II, if you're over 18 and refuse to answer all or part of the Census, you can be fined up to $100. If you give false answers, you're subject to a fine of up to $500. If you offer suggestions or information with the "intent to cause inaccurate enumeration of population," you are subject to a fine of up to $1,000, up to a year in prison, or both. Here's the official verbiage:

221. Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers

• (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 5 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.

Sec. 222. Giving suggestions or information with intent to cause inaccurate enumeration of population

• Whoever, either directly or indirectly, offers or renders to any officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof engaged in making an enumeration of population under subchapter II, IV, or V of chapter 5 of this title, any suggestion, advice, information or assistance of any kind, with the intent or purpose of causing an inaccurate enumeration of population to be made, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

[Carley]

Love that question about other family members living elsewhere......such as jail.

[Bean Counter]

My personal favorite is “What is your phone number? We may call...”

I circled that, wrote “No, you may not” and left it blank.

As for “Race” we’re “Other - American”, and the only reason I answered that is because that has been my stock answer for every census I ever participated in.

[BobbyT]

Free states: just age and nothing else. Don’t give the gerrymandering, race-baiting, government preferences crowd any data to use.

Urban failures: trash it. They’re losing population as it is, but make up for it in vote fraud. The sooner they lose reps the better.