The U.S. initiative, pushed by SIFMA and affiliated organizations, has been backing a combination of SWIFT and the DTCC to register and maintain the LEIs globally.
Few seem likely even to meet the threshold to register for the election, which requires the backing either of 30 MPs or of 30, 000 voters spread across the country.
Congressional Democrats are backing a bill to mandate a nationwide data base to automatically register driver's license holders or recipients of government benefits.