The Cambridge Election Commission has mailed the 2008 annual city census forms to all Cambridge households. Residents are urged to comply by completing the census form and returning it in the postage-prepaid envelope that was provided.
The city is required to conduct the annual census under Massachusetts state lawand provides residents with their only official proof of city residency. All residents, regardless of citizenship and voter registration status, are required to answer thecensus. State law requires that voters who do not answer the census shall be removed from the active voting list and may be removed from the voter registration rolls.
The census mailing includes instructions in five languages, the census form, a voter registration request form, and a form for those interested in being Election Day poll workers.
