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Stand Firm Against the Privacy-Violating National ID Card

Target: Governors of ME, MT, NH, OK and SC
Sponsored by: American Civil Liberties Union

The federal effort to create a national identity card would take us one step closer to a surveillance society, erode our right to privacy, and put our personal information at risk!

Real ID would force all states to connect their DMV databases to one single interlinked system -- facilitating government tracking of ordinary Americans. It would also expose our most sensitive personal information to criminal identity theft.

Governors in five states courageously rejected this invasive law and the dramatic tax increases required to pay its massive price tag last year. If these states stand their ground, Congress will be forced to repeal this horrible program!

Thank the Governors who’ve stood up against the national ID card AND ASK THEM TO KEEP UP THE FIGHT.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 20,000

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Dear Governor [Name],

Thank you for standing up to the Bush administration and fighting against the Real ID Act. Your courageous stand is not only protecting state residents, but also setting a national example to other states.

I am deeply concerned about the impact of Real ID on our privacy and pocketbooks, and I am very pleased that you opted out of the program last year. Since the Department of Homeland Security has failed to heed the concerns of the states about this misguided and dangerous law, it is even more critical now that the states that have rejected it stand together against the administration's scare tactics.

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Again, thank you for leading the charge against Real ID. Please stand strong and keep protecting our privacy and civil rights.

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We signed the “Stand Firm Against the Privacy-Violating National ID Card” petition!

# 19,300:

11:31 pm PDT, May 4, Jacquelyn Meenach, North Carolina

# 19,299:

11:16 pm PDT, May 4, Louis Guzman, Texas

# 19,298:

11:01 pm PDT, May 4, Diane Ensign, Arizona

# 19,297:

9:55 pm PDT, May 4, Judith Sims, California

# 19,296:

7:58 pm PDT, May 4, Jason Cook, Kentucky
I've been victim of an identity theft before. This is just an opportunity for more of the same. I don't believe anything the government states anymore: 1. "The Social Security Number won't be used for personal identification"; right! 2. "They have weapons of mass destruction" Uh-huh 3. "Mission Accomplished" Yeah right. 4. And it goes on and on, with no end in sight.

# 19,295:

7:29 pm PDT, May 4, Jim Clapp, California

# 19,294:

6:36 pm PDT, May 4, Donna Blair, Rhode Island

# 19,293:

6:16 pm PDT, May 4, Stephen Sanders, California

# 19,292:

4:19 pm PDT, May 4, Name not displayed, New York

# 19,291:

2:14 pm PDT, May 4, Pearson Pamela, Colorado
It is in violation of the constitution and the right to be secure in our identity and our papers.

# 19,290:

2:08 pm PDT, May 4, Pedro Blanco, Oregon
What wrong with our government system? When we think on building newer one that does the same thing for example: 1. SS 2. DMV 3. Credit Rating 4. DOD IDs and Rating 5. Tax ID 6. Corperation ID 7. DNA 8. And many many more in the works! And of all this can be fake or copy, thus the questions is how much more money wil it take to protect the U.S. residents. So wake up America we already there. Bush's administration too stupid to understand that money can buy you any type of ID in the black markets. WE THE PEOPLE OF United States of America are not stupid! How many time you need to be counted aws real America.

# 19,289:

12:55 pm PDT, May 4, River Stone, Oregon

# 19,288:

12:32 pm PDT, May 4, Claudia Erickson, California

# 19,287:

12:30 pm PDT, May 4, Name not displayed, New York
My privacy and civil rights are important to me. George Orwell warned about the unjust and inhumane treatment to all citizens in a surveillance society in his novel, "1984". Please don't let this happen in any place in the United States.

# 19,286:

10:40 am PDT, May 4, Tara Holman, Georgia

# 19,285:

10:02 am PDT, May 4, Rebecca Grundy, Illinois

# 19,284:

8:56 am PDT, May 4, KONSTANTINOS CHOCHLAKIS, Greece

# 19,283:

8:37 am PDT, May 4, Kate Golden-Chen, New York

# 19,282:

7:25 am PDT, May 4, Daniel Klinkhammer, Minnesota

# 19,281:

6:59 am PDT, May 4, Torri Hansen, Michigan

# 19,280:

5:03 am PDT, May 4, GREGORY HEMPHILL, Missouri
This is not some country where we dont have freedoms and this is some nightmare coming to life. I'm not a religious person but I am spiritual and this has a lot of biblical implications

# 19,279:

2:45 am PDT, May 4, Janet Mitchell, West Virginia

# 19,278:

11:28 pm PDT, May 3, Rodney Hardin, Georgia

# 19,277:

10:19 pm PDT, May 3, Stephanie Lackey, Minnesota
thank you very much to those of you congressmen that have helped keep my information safe, please remember me and all the other citzens dont get down. thank you and keep up the good fight.

# 19,276:

10:18 pm PDT, May 3, XOtzin Ome, Colorado
your dharma becomes your kharma...what goes around comes around... you reap what you sow...

# 19,275:

7:23 pm PDT, May 3, Terry Cadwallader, Missouri

# 19,274:

7:10 pm PDT, May 3, Tammy Schweikert, Pennsylvania

# 19,273:

7:07 pm PDT, May 3, Sheri Langley, Oregon
have respected

# 19,272:

5:57 pm PDT, May 3, Eileen Monaghan, Alaska

# 19,271:

5:41 pm PDT, May 3, James Foxvog, Illinois

# 19,270:

3:53 pm PDT, May 3, Cami Williams, New Mexico
Thanks to the Governors who stood up against the national ID card. Woohoo to ya! Keep it up!!! :)

# 19,269:

3:53 pm PDT, May 3, Chris Campbell, California
This is a violation of our consitutional rights. Please do not do this to us.

# 19,268:

3:36 pm PDT, May 3, Margaret Tollner, California

# 19,267:

2:35 pm PDT, May 3, Christopher Jackson, United Kingdom
I dont like to be monitored on every action or transaction I make let alone be constantly under suveilance.

# 19,266:

12:02 pm PDT, May 3, Tara O'Sullivan, Florida

# 19,265:

10:27 am PDT, May 3, Valerie Opielski, New York

# 19,264:

9:17 am PDT, May 3, Jonathan Clark, Indiana

# 19,263:

8:49 am PDT, May 3, Jeffree Hogue, Oregon

# 19,262:

7:05 am PDT, May 3, Jacque Jones, Arkansas

# 19,261:

6:44 am PDT, May 3, Inza Taylor, Colorado

# 19,260:

12:58 am PDT, May 3, M. Safken, Colorado

# 19,259:

11:03 pm PDT, May 2, Dazjae W, Connecticut
Let us continue to stand for our right to privacy while also standing for a transparent government.

# 19,258:

10:19 pm PDT, May 2, Pennie Waldrip, Texas

# 19,257:

9:38 pm PDT, May 2, Staci Galvin, West Virginia

# 19,256:

9:23 pm PDT, May 2, Brenda Shephard, Florida

# 19,255:

7:31 pm PDT, May 2, Jean Wollenweber, Oregon
I am concerned about all of the domestic prisons being built under the radar. I am concerned that the head of FEMA-DHS does not consider fingerprints personal and private. What has happened to all of our civil rights? The Real ID is just one more theft.

# 19,254:

5:06 pm PDT, May 2, Juanita Johnson, Illinois

# 19,253:

4:38 pm PDT, May 2, Alfred Papillon, South Carolina
Some system needs to be in place for this but it must be fair and just.

# 19,252:

4:11 pm PDT, May 2, Lisa Yee, Hawaii

# 19,251:

3:33 pm PDT, May 2, Valentine Doyle, Connecticut

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