The terms behind a real organization, in plain English.

Us is the operating name of the political committee identified in the footer of every page on this site, registered with the Federal Election Commission and operating exclusively as an independent-expenditure-only committee. We do not coordinate with candidates, parties, or campaigns. We do not solicit funds for, or transfer funds to, any candidate committee.

This site exists for two purposes: to explain the program — who we back, why, and the pledge every supported candidate signs — and to let you become a dues-paying member who funds it. There is no other product. We do not sell anything else through the site, and there is no advertising surface.

Membership is open to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who are at least 18 years old and who confirm, at the time of contribution, that they are paying with their own funds and not from a prohibited source (corporate funds, federal-contractor funds, or foreign-national funds). The fine print on the contribution form is the operative attestation; submitting the form constitutes your representation that each clause is true at that moment.

When you sign up, we create an account on your behalf with our identity provider (Clerk) using the email you provide. Your account is your way of returning to the site as a member; the account itself does nothing other than confirm who you are.

Paying tiers are billed on a recurring monthly or annual cycle through Stripe, our payment processor. The price you see at checkout is the price that will be charged on each renewal until you cancel. You can cancel at any time from your member account; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and you keep member status through the end of that period.

• —Dues are voluntary political contributions to a super PAC and are not tax-deductible.
• —We do not refund dues that have already been disclosed to the FEC, except where required by law or by Stripe in cases of disputed or unauthorized charges.
• —If a payment fails, Stripe may retry the charge per its standard cadence; if it ultimately cannot collect, your membership lapses automatically.

Federal law requires us to publicly disclose the full name, mailing address, employer, and occupation of any contributor whose aggregate contributions in a calendar year reach the FEC reporting threshold. By contributing, you acknowledge that this information will be filed with the FEC and made publicly available through the FEC's public disclosure system. We collect and store the disclosure record at the time of contribution; we do not delete it from our records or from the FEC's, because we cannot.

Every candidate Us supports signs the pledge before any field organizer is hired or any expenditure is made on their behalf. The pledge is enforced reputationally: if a candidate breaks it, we pull our support, publicly. It is not a criminal or civil penalty regime, and nothing on this site implies otherwise. Reputational accountability is what we have, and we are clear about it.

You agree not to use the site to do any of the following:

• —Submit identity, payment, or FEC information that isn't yours, or that you know to be false.
• —Attempt to access another member's account, or interfere with the site's normal operation.
• —Scrape, mirror, or republish member-only content without our written permission.
• —Use the site, the brand, or anything we publish to imply that Us has endorsed a candidate or expenditure that we have not in fact endorsed.

The pledge, the design system, the copy on this site, and the Us name and marks are ours. You can quote them in good faith — sharing the pledge or a screenshot of a page is the kind of use the brand is built around — but you can't reproduce the site itself, repackage our materials as your own, or imply an affiliation that doesn't exist.

We work to keep the site accurate and available, but we cannot guarantee uninterrupted service or freedom from errors. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Us, its officers, and its volunteers are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the site. Nothing in these terms limits any liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

We may update these terms from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page is the version currently in force. If a change is material, we will note the change at the top of the page for at least 30 days; otherwise, your continued use of the site after the new effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute that isn't resolved informally will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Sacramento County, California, and you and Us each consent to jurisdiction there.