SB 8601: Party Organization Act (Final Vote on House Ver.)

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Yeah, no. The federal government should never have the right to alter anyone's registration information without that specific person's consent.

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Yeah, no. The federal government should never have the right to alter anyone's registration information without that specific person's consent.

So, does that mean that the name change of Citizens to Alliance shouldn't have been allowed?

If the individuals did not express consent to change their registration, yes.

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Nowhere in that bill does it say the government by itself can just change a person's party registration though, it has to go through the party members first, so I don't see where the problem is.

Try actually reading the bill, it's not hard. If someone had voted no on a name change, dissolving, or a merger, or they simply didn't vote, their registration is changed without their consent.

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Once again, the federal government should not be given the power to alter this without anyone's consent. We have already seen issues with this in the court case over merging Labor/PUP where several members did not consent to having their registration to PUP. If people no longer wish to remain members of a party and wish for their registration to be changed, nothing stops them from changing it themselves.

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The party that people are registered under falls under the authority of the RG. If people did not specifically give consent to change their registration information, the RG has no power to change their registration to another party or to independent, nor should they have that power. Party members who voted in favor of a merger or dissolution have obviously given consent and are able to have their registration information changed, however those who voted against or did not vote should not have that information changed until they give consent to the RG to do so.

Or do the Labor members of Congress hate consent now?