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Bill: Repeal of ID Card Legislation Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Centrist 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: August 2153
Description[?]:
| Put an end to the Big Brother state, especially when fascism is such a threat to our democracy. |
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: Citizens are issued with identity cards on a voluntary basis.
Proposed: Citizens are not issued with identity cards.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 11:43:55, December 09, 2005 CET | From | Kirlawa Freedom Party | To | Debating the Repeal of ID Card Legislation Bill |
| Message | No.. cards can be necessary for bank transactions and such. |
| Date | 17:42:52, December 09, 2005 CET | From | Centrist Party | To | Debating the Repeal of ID Card Legislation Bill |
| Message | There are lots of forms of ID already in use, ID cards are not necessary. The might be useful in some instances but that doesn't justify the cost or legislation resembling that of a Big Brother state. We need to remove them when fascism is rearing its ugly head and we need to keep rid of them to avoid corruption and actually to avoid identity fraud. The idea that the personal details of everyone in the country are kept on a single database is ridiculous, it is a goldmine for hackers and fraudsters. In operating various different databases for passports, driving licenses or registry offices then we avoid that problem. A convincing argument for ID cards has never been presented and concerns over the dangers of ID cards have never been alleviated. |
| Date | 18:50:23, December 09, 2005 CET | From |  Theofascist Party | To | Debating the Repeal of ID Card Legislation Bill |
| Message | I have supported compulsory ID carrying throughout all previous incarnations of my party. In the interests of law and order, people need to be able to identify themselves if the police consider this necessary and warranted. Thus errors of formality may be avoided and can justice find its course swiftly. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 74 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 320 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 61 |
| Random fact: References to prominent real-life persons are not allowed. This includes references to philosophies featuring the name of a real-life person (eg. "Marxism", "Thatcherism", "Keynesianism"). |
| Random quote: "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." - Winston Churchill |