Census "Spit" Urges People to Mail Back Forms

By SCSJ - Posted on April 16th, 2010

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North Carolina Public Radio

Link:

http://wunc.org/programs/news/archive/Nli0416.mp3/view

Publication Date:

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Abstract:

Census officials are pushing for households to mail the questionnaires in before the end of today. If not, they're likely to be visited by a door-to-door census taker. There have been numerous efforts explaining the importance of being counted. In Durham this week, Black Poetry Theatre held a Census Spit - yes, a spit!

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