nuconvert wrote: Here’s what the letter & the envelope it comes in says: “ YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW”
Right. The minute you engage, you'll probably become "a project".
A friend of mine asked for some advice that he didn't want to hear about this. He thought that he had the right to protest, and tell them where to get off [faithful Blue Dog Democrat, union guy, hard worker, flag-waver].
I told him that's not how it works. 
The Democrat union guys in my area are real entertaining. They vote Dem because that's all they've ever known. But they're also freedom-first guys, Muh Rights, and 'Merika.
I like to disabuse them of their very mistaken notions.