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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: 30,000

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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!

# 19,400:

7:27 am PDT, May 15, Beverly Flint, California

# 19,399:

8:22 pm PDT, May 14, Cynthia Castaldo, New York

# 19,398:

5:18 pm PDT, May 14, Tony Velez, Pennsylvania

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3:13 pm PDT, May 14, Judith Jaehn, California

# 19,396:

10:34 am PDT, May 14, David Lentol, Florida

# 19,395:

9:14 am PDT, May 14, Anthony Bullock, Georgia
Using existing laws and databases (SSN; Birth Certificates) to verify citizenship

# 19,394:

6:33 am PDT, May 14, Kim Stueck, Illinois

# 19,393:

10:07 pm PDT, May 13, Teresa Bradley, Michigan
There is no way that the technology for this massive undertaking is anywhere near advanced enough for this early release. Lets not get ahead of ourselves and cause massive upheaval from the tragic consequences. Years of more research and education needs to be done before this will be foolproof and useful, not destructive. The technology doesn't even exist yet to create a foolproof and effective computer.

# 19,392:

6:29 pm PDT, May 13, Warren Higgins, California

# 19,391:

6:18 pm PDT, May 13, Helen B. Decker, California
Civil rights and the right to Privacy must not be sacrificed in the name of security. Getting out of Iraq, helping to bring humanitarian aid to parts of the world that are suffering and politically unstable are much better ways to insure our security. The more people we kill, the more extremists we create. The more people find themselves in life threatening situations with no hope or help, the more extremists are created. Limiting American rights is not the answer. It will not keep the terrorists out. It only takes one group with a super bug or a nuclear bomb. Our only hope is to do what we do best, and help those who are in need in other parts of the world as well as at home. Eliminate the suffering and hate will have no place to grow and ferment into terrorism.

# 19,390:

5:21 pm PDT, May 13, Damon Burton, Georgia
It is a travesty and a sham. The whole national security bit is overhyped for the sole purpose pf controlling the people via survellance. Say No and put government back on ots place as a servant not the master of people.

# 19,389:

5:18 pm PDT, May 13, Cori Bishop, New Jersey

# 19,388:

4:32 pm PDT, May 13, Name not displayed, Connecticut
The retarded fascists running this program need to be stopped now.

# 19,387:

3:41 pm PDT, May 13, Victoria Dunch, Massachusetts

# 19,386:

2:36 pm PDT, May 13, Thomas Bommarito, Missouri

# 19,385:

2:11 pm PDT, May 13, Donna Pulliam, Virginia

# 19,384:

1:38 pm PDT, May 13, John Alessi, Florida

# 19,383:

6:33 am PDT, May 13, Liz Thornton, Alabama
This bill is a bad idea... the intentions are supposedly positive but it can only end up terribly. Plz support our RIGHTS as Citizens!!

# 19,382:

6:32 am PDT, May 13, Michael Leder, Arizona

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4:12 am PDT, May 13, Staci Trammell, South Carolina

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6:52 pm PDT, May 12, Name not displayed, Illinois

# 19,379:

3:17 pm PDT, May 12, Linda Pedro, California
This is just another egregious example of the hubris of this administration. Please keep the Gov't in its rightful place as a servant of the people, not the master!

# 19,378:

1:48 pm PDT, May 12, Name not displayed, Utah

# 19,377:

12:39 pm PDT, May 12, Betty Price, West Virginia
Our privacy and our Civil Rights have already been taken away enough. None of the Legislators follow the U.S. Constitution. I think they have thrown it away or burned it so they would not have to be reminded on what they are supposed to do. Bob Byrd says he keeps it in his pocket at all times. He needs to take it out and read it every day to the rest of the Senate and Congress.

# 19,376:

8:18 am PDT, May 12, Nicholas Gilliam, Iowa
We the people wish for a change, that change includes less influence of our lives from the Government.

# 19,375:

7:42 am PDT, May 12, Barbara Dolny, North Carolina

# 19,374:

5:13 am PDT, May 12, Mary Morris, Texas

# 19,373:

11:50 pm PDT, May 11, Radha McAlpine, Florida

# 19,372:

11:10 pm PDT, May 11, Craig Cross, Maryland

# 19,371:

7:24 pm PDT, May 11, Jennifer Gardner, Florida

# 19,370:

6:04 pm PDT, May 11, Frank Koenigsamen, Colorado

# 19,369:

11:47 am PDT, May 11, Marie Sturman, Pennsylvania

# 19,368:

9:45 am PDT, May 11, Holly L Carver, Arkansas

# 19,367:

8:34 am PDT, May 11, Donna A., California
Thank you

# 19,366:

8:16 pm PDT, May 10, Name not displayed, Michigan
This is so-o-o evil - I cannot believe what our republic has become. SHAME on anyone who has supported such a program - God will have the last word on this one, if it stays.

# 19,365:

5:33 pm PDT, May 10, Gary Lampman, Tennessee

# 19,364:

11:57 am PDT, May 10, Ashley Avila, California

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10:20 am PDT, May 10, Clyde Crandall, Massachusetts

# 19,362:

2:35 am PDT, May 10, Irena Cale, California

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10:58 pm PDT, May 9, Valjean O'Neill, California

# 19,360:

9:51 pm PDT, May 9, Nancy Bates, Texas

# 19,359:

6:21 pm PDT, May 9, Judy Moran, Florida

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3:18 pm PDT, May 9, Mike Cohn, Michigan

# 19,357:

3:05 pm PDT, May 9, Philip Davis, California

# 19,356:

3:02 pm PDT, May 9, Anna Santucci, Texas

# 19,355:

2:31 pm PDT, May 9, Jessica Miller, Florida
This is creepy!!

# 19,354:

1:08 pm PDT, May 9, Tracy Jackson, Texas

# 19,353:

12:37 pm PDT, May 9, Anna Parise, Connecticut

# 19,352:

11:52 am PDT, May 9, Marcia A. Cooperman, Oregon

# 19,351:

9:35 am PDT, May 9, Cecil Hickman, Iowa

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