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Bill: Reform To Identity Cards
Details
Submitted by[?]: Centrist Alliance
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 3969
Description[?]:
| Identity cards should not be enforced in our society as they are a breach of basic rights. We have appropriate immigration controls for this to not be required. |
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 | 23:59:01, January 13, 2016 CET | From | National Party of Luthori | To | Debating the Reform To Identity Cards |
| Message | Mr. Speaker, Care to explain why identity cards are immoral? You need a passport to travel by air or a drivers license to drive. An identity card is reasonable to be a citizen. |
| Date | 18:23:09, January 14, 2016 CET | From |  Centrist Alliance | To | Debating the Reform To Identity Cards |
| Message | Mr Speaker, I'd like to first put forward my case. To start off with there is NO evidence that it reduces crime or the likeliness of terrorism. Another reason is it opens up the opportunity for identity fraud. In other countries it is known to increase benefit fraud. And if you think it decreases illegal immigration, it doesn't. In fact asylum seekers already carry identity documents. Although there is no evidence to support this - ID cards have likely heightened the inequalities that have been seen with ethnically biased stop and search practices. Those from minority ethnic groups would be more likely to be stopped and asked to produce an ID card, further damaging race relations. They are also expensive and this money could be used in other areas such as education which desperately needs it. OOC: Sorry I worded it wrong NP, I'll change it. Thank you Cracov Leader of the DUP |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 60 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 283 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 102 |
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