[EL] Preliminary Census survey form

[Steven John Mulroy (smulroy)]

A friend received a Census form with the citizenship question on it. The form said they were required by law to respond. It referenced 13 USC 141 and 193, the latter of which empowers the Secretary to do preliminary surveys in advance of and in preparation for the decennial Census. 

1. Does anyone know about this? Are such preliminary surveys routine? Is it simply that they issued prior to the Supreme Court decision? 

2. What consequences flow from refusing to answer any or all of the form? Neither of the above statutes cited for the obligatory nature of the response is a criminal statute, or indeed even expressly refers to a respondents obligation. 

Sent from my iPhone. Please excuse typos. 

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