URGE YOUR Governor/Legislators/Etc. to SUPPORT

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URGE YOUR [Governor/Legislators/etc.] TO SUPPORT

[bill/local law/order] to Allow Arrests and Certain Criminal Records to be Sealed/Expunged

What You Need to Know:

· [Sealing/expungement] of [records of arrests that never led to conviction and/or records of old or minor convictions] will help people with those records avoid discrimination in employment, housing, education, public assistance, and other necessities of life.

· Employers and others should not be able to obtain records of arrests that never led to conviction, since the principle of “innocent until proven guilty” is a bedrock of our nation’s system of justice.

· [Sealing/expunging] records of old or minor convictions will protect public safety and improve communities and the nation as a whole by helping the hundreds of thousands of individuals with a criminal record lead law-abiding lives, support their families and become productive members of society.

What You Need to Do:

Please call, fax, or email your [Governor/Legislators] and urge them to support [insert bill number] to allow individuals who were never convicted or have demonstrated sufficient evidence of rehabilitation to have their criminal records [sealed/expunged]. To find your legislator’s contact information, visit [insert helpful website].

What You Need to Say:

Ask your [Governor/Legislators] to support [insert bill name or number] to allow individuals who were never convicted or have demonstrated sufficient evidence of rehabilitation to have their criminal records [sealed/expunged] so they will not be discriminated against and can lead law-abiding and productive lives.

CALL, FAX, OR EMAIL [Governor/Legislators, etc.] TODAY