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Bill: No2ID
Details
Submitted by[?]: Revolutionary Workers Syndicate
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: March 2718
Description[?]:
| Abolishing the ID card system. A mandatory ID card system is unnecessary, expensive and authoritarian. It operates primarily as a system for the control and surveillance of the population by state forces. it is vital it is abolished to ensure the continued democratic-libertarian direction of the revolution. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: All citizens are issued with identity cards and are required to carry them at all times.
Current: All citizens are issued with identity cards but are not required to carry them.
Proposed: Citizens are not issued with identity cards.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:25:44, February 26, 2009 CET | From | Revolutionary Workers Syndicate | To | Debating the No2ID |
| Message | OOC: A good source of information and arguments against an ID sytem is here http://www.no2id.net/ I'm not sure where other players are based but in the UK this is a very real political struggle. |
| Date | 12:03:55, February 26, 2009 CET | From | Barmenian Unity Coalition | To | Debating the No2ID |
| Message | OOC: USA, not a big issue. |
| Date | 17:07:36, February 26, 2009 CET | From | Revolutionary Armed Forces of Barmenia | To | Debating the No2ID |
| Message | I think ID can be useful to show who you are. People without drivers liscenes will have no form of ID, as such how would they pick up their mail at the post office or show proof of age or when voting? |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 188 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 150 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 65 |
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