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Census Form Due Date Passes

Census Form Due Date Passes - Thursday, April 1, 2010 at 04:09AM EST

Reported by: Eric Deabill
Thursday April 01 2010
SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY -- In case you didn't know, it's Census Day. Today is the last official day to mail in your census ballots.

There was a last minute push in Scranton to remind people that census forms are due. Lackawanna County's Latino leaders were trying to make sure everyone filled out their forms.

The 2010 census form has ten questions that will only take ten minutes to answer. But some people have concerns about filling in their information.

Blanca Rosenthal of the Latino Complete Count Committee said, I hear that some of them are a little leery, however, thats what we're here for, is to basically comfort them and encourage them to fill it out. It is confidential."

The information collected during the census is used for congressional representation and to distribute federal and state funding.