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Bill: Identification Cards Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Independent Capitalist Party
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 2148
Description[?]:
| The Confederated Regions of Aloria should issue voluntary ID cards to those who wish to have them. This could increase security of the nation without infringing on civil rights by forcing everyone to have ID cards. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government-issued identity card policy.
Old value:: Citizens are not issued with identity cards.
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 | 13:05:15, November 28, 2005 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Identification Cards Act |
| Message | You know, it's purely voluntary... |
| Date | 17:39:53, November 28, 2005 CET | From | Capitalism Now! Party | To | Debating the Identification Cards Act |
| Message | We think they should HAVE to carry them. |
| Date | 22:06:07, November 28, 2005 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Identification Cards Act |
| Message | Well, apparantly I'll have to repropose this at a later time including more specificiations and benefits, and perhaps a second proposal to it. Maybe then more people will vote yes. Until then, I admit this battle is lost. It needs revising... |
| Date | 23:10:16, November 28, 2005 CET | From | Independent Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Identification Cards Act |
| Message | However, hear my arguments: *It helps keep track of immigrants. *It helps with welfare benefits by making it easier to keep track of people. *It is entirely voluntary, meaning nobody's forced to use the system if it doesn't work. *Something voluntary doesn't take away freedoms, it adds an additional freedom to choose! |
| Date | 00:04:27, November 29, 2005 CET | From | Libertarian Capitalist Party | To | Debating the Identification Cards Act |
| Message | It also vastly increases the possibility of government abuse, and adds another section of the government that the taxpayers have to pay for. Being convinced of the ideal of small government, we cannot support this. |
| Date | 01:19:10, November 29, 2005 CET | From | Freedom Party | To | Debating the Identification Cards Act |
| Message | The Freedom Party has not, cannot, and, indeed, shall not, support this freedom-abridging legislation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 157 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 221 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 22 |
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