tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125402.post4160727904336796987..comments2024-03-05T10:31:26.598-05:00Comments on SW Virginia law blog: Is it illegal to refuse to answer the census questions?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4125402.post-44287519885070788452010-03-22T14:27:44.312-04:002010-03-22T14:27:44.312-04:00$100 seems like a token civil penalty. "To an...$100 seems like a token civil penalty. "To answer any questions" sounds like an aggregate offense, too, so it would be $100 for the refusal in whole, rather than for each question refused.<br /><br />I wonder whether the language in subsection (b) intends to remove lying on the census from the broader, criminal false statements prohibition in 18 U.S.C. Section 1001(a)(2).The Jaded JDhttp://www.thejadedjd.comnoreply@blogger.com