11alive.com - 10/23/2009
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SMYRNA, GA - Like many people in Georgia, Anne Wilson of Smyrna got a so-called "official" census letter in the mail this week. When she read it more closely, she realized it had nothing to do with the U.S. Census, so she e-mailed 11 Alive to complain. "I got real upset 'cause I think a lot of ...
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'Official' Census Letter (from Repubs) Raises Questions
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... 'cause I think a lot of people would just automatically fill it out," she told us in a Thursday TV interview, "It's their civic duty; by law they have to fill out the census." Turns out I and many others across the country have received the same survey letter which is titled the "2009 Congressional District Census". ..................... Once you begin reading it, it's clear that it's a political survey from the national Republican Party that makes a plea for donations. Read more: http://www.11alive.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=13...
RNC Mailer Appears Designed To Look Like Census Survey
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... One recipient told a Georgia news station that many of her neighbors might be duped into thinking the mailer was from the Census Bureau. ...
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