I received a US census questionnaire and do not want to fill it out because of all the personal information they want to know about you and your family. I believe it's my right to not have to give this information to a 3rd party. It's both a pain and time consuming. What happens if you refuse to fill it out? Thanks!
2006-12-24 03:51:12 · 2 answers · asked by TheSilent Partner 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You are required by law to fill out a return. You can be fined for not completing the information.
That said, this is not a census year, so you can't have received a valid census form; this is most likely some form of scam. The next national census is in 2010
2006-12-24 10:00:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing. Many people refuse to fill out even the short form. Our government uses the info to determine all kinds of statistics which affects voting districts & sometimes law or allocating monies differently. The individual data re your own census is confidental & no one else can access it for 70 yrs. This I know from my genealogical research.
Did you get this recently? The federal govt only conducts census data every 10 yrs; e.g. 1990, 2000, 2010, etc. It might be a way to steal your ID. Query federal census address & see what you get. If this address is different report it to the census bureau.
2006-12-24 03:56:39 · answer #2 · answered by Judith 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋