Our terms, in plain English.

Us is a membership-driven political organization. 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 enable you to become a dues-paying member. We do not sell advertising, and we do not sell data.

Membership is open to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents who are at least 18 years old. Membership dues are voluntary political contributions and as a result are regulated by federal and state law.

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 and are not tax-deductible.
• —Dues are non-refundable.
• —If a payment fails, Stripe may retry the charge; 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. Individual states may have their own similar disclosure requirements. By contributing, you acknowledge that this information will be filed with the FEC and any applicable state authorities and made publicly available through the FEC's public disclosure system, as well as state disclosure systems.

Every candidate Us supports signs the pledge. 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.

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 Los Angeles County, California, and you and Us each consent to jurisdiction there.