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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!

# 19,600:

7:48 am PDT, Jun 26, Brian Pitchford, South Carolina

# 19,599:

5:29 am PDT, Jun 26, Rob Defrees, California

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5:03 am PDT, Jun 26, Laura Campanelli, Florida

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2:28 am PDT, Jun 26, Sandra Francies, India

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4:51 pm PDT, Jun 25, Debra Baker, Texas

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2:37 pm PDT, Jun 25, Kathryn Thompson, Pennsylvania

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12:04 pm PDT, Jun 25, Donald Bloomfield, New York

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11:55 am PDT, Jun 25, Victoria Powers, Indiana

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11:36 am PDT, Jun 25, Nancy Klingle, Indiana

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8:11 am PDT, Jun 25, Charlotte Barnes, Kentucky

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9:26 pm PDT, Jun 24, Shirley Cupani, Arizona

# 19,589:

4:27 pm PDT, Jun 24, Joanne Burns, New Mexico

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3:59 pm PDT, Jun 24, Name not displayed, Illinois

# 19,587:

3:59 pm PDT, Jun 24, Ned Overton, New York

# 19,586:

2:53 pm PDT, Jun 24, Victoria Pantages, California

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8:51 pm PDT, Jun 23, Mel Skluzacek, New York

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1:16 pm PDT, Jun 23, Leona Perez, Massachusetts

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8:04 am PDT, Jun 23, Matthew Benner, Iowa

# 19,582:

4:57 am PDT, Jun 23, Diana Lynn, Illinois

# 19,581:

9:29 am PDT, Jun 22, Eric Horton, Arkansas
The day we as citizens allow this atrocious act of paranoid anti-freedom is the day our terrorist assailants win the war.

# 19,580:

9:13 am PDT, Jun 22, Lee Ann De Mars, Pennsylvania

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6:43 am PDT, Jun 22, Karlene Nechanicky, Washington
If we were to be required to have a national ID card, that contained every little bit of information about us, it would be like the Holocaust, having a number tattooed on our bodies. I for one do not wish to have another Holocaust. The little bit of privacy we do get is precious and I do not want everyone to know my business.

# 19,578:

6:17 pm PDT, Jun 21, Jamie Hannaford, United Kingdom

# 19,577:

6:17 pm PDT, Jun 21, Christopher Pond, Florida

# 19,576:

11:51 am PDT, Jun 21, Michelle Grow, California

# 19,575:

10:26 am PDT, Jun 21, Aleasha Casaretto, Texas
Legal aliens should not be penalized for the paranoia of the US government to keep "EVERYONE" that does not meet the standards OUT! No one intends a bad use for this system today, but it is inevitable that it will be used in bad ways in the future. This is not necessary and dangerous! Identity theft is one of the worst things that can happen today. God help us all.

# 19,574:

8:08 am PDT, Jun 21, Dawn Cullin, New York

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2:50 pm PDT, Jun 20, Martin Keegan, Florida

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10:40 am PDT, Jun 20, Name not displayed, North Carolina

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8:16 am PDT, Jun 20, Name not displayed, Missouri

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7:10 am PDT, Jun 20, Lila Greathouse, Wisconsin

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7:03 pm PDT, Jun 19, Name not displayed, Maine

# 19,568:

12:57 pm PDT, Jun 19, Kelley Alvarez, California

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8:00 am PDT, Jun 19, Sherry Foco, Michigan

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6:26 am PDT, Jun 19, Leslie Garone, Florida

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8:26 pm PDT, Jun 18, Audrey Russell, Pennsylvania

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12:19 pm PDT, Jun 18, Brendan Biryla, California

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11:04 am PDT, Jun 18, Rachel H, Ohio

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4:59 am PDT, Jun 18, Amara Zouloufos, Pennsylvania

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8:01 pm PDT, Jun 16, Christine Sande, Minnesota

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6:32 pm PDT, Jun 16, Nichole Dubuisson, Florida

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12:38 pm PDT, Jun 16, Jakub Coltun, California

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10:37 am PDT, Jun 16, Diana Pawelski, Arizona

# 19,557:

3:26 pm PDT, Jun 15, Robert Hermes, Illinois
God help us all

# 19,556:

8:41 am PDT, Jun 14, Frances M. Amaya, Texas
Identity theft is one of the worst things that can happen today. An old friend of mine suffered terribly because someone stole his SSN and passed a LOT of bad checks in his name. I hate to think of what could happen if all our personal info were to be stored in one national database, not to mention Big Brother tracking our every move. Let's not go down the road Orwell warned us about in 1984.

# 19,555:

12:00 pm PDT, Jun 12, Patsy Shaw, Texas

# 19,554:

10:05 am PDT, Jun 12, Amanda Godard, Virginia
This is not necessary and dangerous! As large of an issue as this is, we the people should have the right to vote on it at minimum. Just like we should have the right to vote for an American Union and superhighway corridor!

# 19,553:

7:51 pm PDT, Jun 11, Name not displayed, Texas

# 19,552:

5:09 pm PDT, Jun 11, Misky Betley, Arizona

# 19,551:

2:10 pm PDT, Jun 11, Carrie Kistner, Connecticut
No one intends a bad use for this system today, but it is inevitable that it will be used in bad ways in the future. I will not trade freedom for security.

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