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Bill: Freedom of Movement Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Centrist Party
Status[?]: passed
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: June 2043
Description[?]:
| In order to fight the potential corruption and/or "big brother" potential inherent in compulsory national identification cards, it is hereby proposed that further identification cards be issued on a strictly voluntary basis. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Current: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Proposed: Citizens are issued with identity cards on a voluntary basis.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Freedom of Movement Act |
| Message | The bill with ID cards has only just passed, is there a need to revisit it so soon? Also is there any real purpose to voluntary ID cards? |
| Date | not recorded | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Freedom of Movement Act |
| Message | a national id card serves many administrational purposes, and is no infringement of rights as long as nobody is forced to carry them I think that the current legislation is better |
| Date | not recorded | From | To | Debating the Freedom of Movement Act |
| Message | I think it's fine as it is too. |
| Date | not recorded | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Movement Act |
| Message | I don't like the government having access to any more information than I give them. I just don't think that strong central governments are very trustworthy. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 155 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 12 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
| Random fact: "Treaty-locking", or ratifiying treaties that completely or nearly completely forbid any proposals to change laws, is not allowed. Amongst other possible sanctions, Moderation reserves the discretion to delete treaties and/or subject parties to a seat reset if this is necessary in order to reverse a treaty-lock situation. |
| Random quote: "The key to understanding the American system is to imagine that you have the power to make nearly any law you want, but your worst enemy will be the one to enforce it." - Rick Cook |