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To: Michael Tipsord, Chairman and CEO
State Farm: Stop using our money to finance the right-wing agenda
We, the undersigned State Farm policy-holders and other concerned individuals, demand that State Farm withdraw its membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). As a mutual benefit corporation, State Farm has no right to use its policy-holders' money to support an ideologically-driven political agenda.
Why is this important?
According to SourceWatch, State Farm Insurance is a major supporter of ALEC, the group that came up with "model legislation" adopted by a number of Republican-led state legislatures such as the Stand Your Ground law in Florida, voter ID laws that disenfranchise poor, elderly and minority voters, and the attacks on unions in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana.
State Farm is different from most of the other members of ALEC because it is not investor-owned. State Farm is a mutual benefit corporation, a kind of financial cooperative, which means that it is owned by its policy-holders, pooling their money to provide insurance services. The money it gives to ALEC rightfully belongs to its policyholder-owners, and State Farm has no right to use it to fund ALEC's right-wing agenda.
You do not need to be a State Farm policyholder to sign! If you are, please leave a comment about how long you have been with State Farm and how many policies you have with them.