Direct democracy is a form of government in which all laws are created by a general vote of society.
The term is microFICHE - there are no FISH swimming around the bank. Banks do keep records on microFICHE, for 7 years, but once an account has been closed, they generally dump the records after 2 or 3. I have fish in my office at the bank. Just to make it crystal clear.
Under the Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act (UPPBRA), whenever a law does not specify a retention period, businesses should keep their records for three years. If you destroy them sooner, you risk subjecting your organization to legal problems.