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Census 2010-Message from the Census Bureau Director, Robert Groves

Census Bureau Director Delivers 2010 Census Message from James Madison's Montpelier Home*
In recognition today of the 259th birthday of James Madison, the principal writer of the Constitution and the fourth President of the United States, Census Bureau Director Robert Groves visited Montpelier -- Madison's colonial home near Orange, Va. Groves stood in Madison's library, the very room that one of the Founding Fathers used to draft the Virginia Plan that became the Constitution.
As each U.S. household receives a 2010 Census form, every resident is encouraged to participate in a process that is as old as the nation itself. That process is the decennial census, mandated in Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, mainly written by James Madison, one of our nation's founders and our fourth president. Groves paused to reflect on his own obligation to participate in the 2010 Census and to "ensure that we get it right."
The League of Women Voters, partnering with the Census Bureau, urges all citizens to do the patriotic thing - respond to the census questions and return the answers to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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