I too did no respond the first time around. I too was sent another notice threatening action if I did not comply.
I did look at the forms, and the information requested was offensive on a number of levels.
Way too much personal information was requested. Way too much emphasis was placed on community and personal preferences. It was just a fishing expedition extraordinaire.
No way...
I find it’s best not to respond to these things. Once you refuse in writing, it makes it obvious you did receive it, you did review it, and you did make a conscious decision not to comply
By simply ignoring it, they don’t know if you got it, if you still live there, if you suddenly died, or what the reason for non-compliance was.
Let them fester over it. Don’t give them a poke in the eye by acknowledging it and then ignoring it.
Totally agreed on all your statements.
The problem is that all the people who did respond in full are ripe for the communist picking as well as census reporting spin particularly at election time.
Perhaps you could post a list of questions that the ACS wanted. Was there a statement that providing false information could be considered a crime? Was there any promise of confidentiality?
This is more police state BS. I understand that businesses are receiving these form requests as frequent as once a month.
It would have been interesting if the interaction was taped.
The more people who get right back in their face, the sooner they will realise tthat they have overstepped their authority. They already GPS'd every front door in the US.
FUBO and your unconstitutional "census".
We have received this survey several different times over a period of about 10 or so years. We throw it away. We have received a follow-up letter once or twice, but no threats were made, although the letters reiterated that we were mandated to reply and listed the supposed penalties.
So far, that is all that has occurred.
...unless you are planning to give them a kick in the @$$ when they come to threaten you, that is...
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I live in rural Texas. The County Sheriff is my friend. The conversation would go like this: (Threats, bit*hes, complaints and other noises by the ACS thug omitted...)
TXnMA: "You are trespassing, I tell you ONCE: Get off my property."
TXnMA: "You are trespassing, I tell you TWICE: Get off my property."
TXnMA: "You are trespassing, I tell you THE THIRD TIME: Leave. Get off my property!"
TXnMA: (now holding a loaded firearm) "On the ground/floor! Face down. Hands atop your head. Don't move!"
TXnMA: (to wife) "Call the Sheriff. Tell them I am holding a home invader/ trespasser at gunpoint. Ask them to send a deputy to enlighten this intruder re Texas trespass law."
TXnMA: (to intruder:) "Shut up! DO. NOT. MOVE! Any action on your part will be interpreted as an existential threat to me and mine, and I will take appropriate defensive action. STAY STILL AND QUIET!"
~~~~~time passes~~~~~~
TXnMA: (to deputy:) "This perpetrator intruded onto my homestead, passing a clearly visible 'No Trespassing!' sign to do so. He then proceeded to verbally assault my wife and me with threats and personal insults. I thrice warned him that he was committing trespass, and ordered him to leave my property. As you can observe, he is still continuing his verbal assaults. I release the prisoner to your custody."
TXnMA: (to intruder:) "Are you in need of toilet paper before the deputy places you in his vehicle?"
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DON'T MESS WITH TEXANS!
P.S. This is not vain imaginings. I recently did this exact same thing to an obstreperous, obnoxious Jehova's Witness who wouldn't take my refusals and warnings as an answer. The sole difference is that, when I placed my hand on my sidearm, he decided to beat feet to his vehicle and heed my third order to leave.
So received long form for official census on 2010. I only answered questions they are required to ask for ten year census and not the others. They sent several demands, but nothing else happened.
Received this new ACS in July this year and then a second form in August. Two messages left on my voicemail, multiple calls from them....I do not answer (two per day). Today... Sunday at 10:47 am, we had a visit. Husband answered the door, dogs barking so he had to go out onto porch and shut door... Despite that I could hear every word this woman said, as she was shouting...”I am with US Government Census...you have failed to return your questionnaire. Husband told her we did return our census, she said that was different and this form was also required by law . I opened the door and told my husband he does not have to speak with her and she threatened me with fine and imprisonment. I told her I know my rights and she said I was ignorant of the law, but I said, perhaps so, but not ignorant regarding my rights.