At 4:25 PM -0600 3/23/00, Bob wrote: >I never received the census letter. I would also like to not be interviewed >in any way when a census taker approaches my door. How can I accomplish that? >What isthe most safest legal way for me? You are not required to answer the door. It's as simple as that. There are many good "practical" reasons for not having to answer the door: in the shower, washing the cat, having sex, sleeping, watching t.v., whatever. And the legal reasons are even better: absent a warrant, you just don't have to. Period. This is why process servers have to find ways to "catch" their targets outside. Knocking on the door just won't do it. (Though I understand Sheriff's Deputies are sometimes used to get reluctant residents to open the door, though no warrant is involved.) Don't answer the door. If they ever try to claim in a court that you deliberately sought to evade the Census, say you never received it and that you don't answer the door except for people you know. I'd be very surprised if a court convicted. They may use "administrative fines," the way the IRS does. Meaning: the fine is assessed and deducted from future tax refunds, if any. --Tim May -- ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 831-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, "Cyphernomicon" | black markets, collapse of governments.
