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Bill: Open Borders Act of 2374
Details
Submitted by[?]: Jakanian Liberal Socialists
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: February 2376
Description[?]:
| This act seeks to reduce restrictions on our borders, increasing the potential for trade, travel, and cultural openness. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Travel by nationals to foreign nations
Old value:: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Current: The nation issues passports to nationals after a cursory security check.
Proposed: The nation issues passports on demand for any reason to its nationals
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy concerning immigration.
Old value:: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Current: Quotas are based on individual applicant's qualifications.
Proposed: Everyone is allowed to reside permanently in this nation.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Travel by foreigners to the nation.
Old value:: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Current: The nation imposes strict border control on visitors, with intensive security checks, to maintain law and order.
Proposed: The nation imposes no border controls on visitors.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 20:45:49, March 16, 2007 CET | From |  Independent party | To | Debating the Open Borders Act of 2374 |
| Message | We like the idea that people backround is checked before they are allowed into our country. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 139 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 254 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 87 |
| Random fact: Particracy does not allow official national flags of real-life nations or flags which are very prominent and recognisable (eg. the flags of the European Union, the United Nations, Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union or the Confederate States of America). |
| Random quote: "If Lincoln were alive today, he’d be turning over in his grave." - Gerald Ford |