Port Avalon
Proposals
Capital Punishment Expansion Act of …

Legislative Bill · Port Avalon

Capital Punishment Expansion Act of 2023

Proposed by Sovereign Homeland Prosperity · fronted by Charles Preston

Opened

8 Sep 2023

Voting closes

Withdrawn 11 Sep 2023

Chambers

2 legislatures

Articles

1 change

Rationale

Protect the lives of the innocent, severely punish treason against the nation, and neutralize the drug trafficking networks that destroy the security and social cohesion of Port Avalon.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous		Proposed
1	Capital Punishment	No death penalty		Death penalty for murder, treason, and drug trafficking

1

Capital Punishment

Previous law

No death penalty

Death penalty for murder, treason, and drug trafficking

Proposer

Party

Sovereign Homeland Prosperity

Port Avalon was not born to follow, but to lead. Newly independent, we will forge a pioneering, sovereign power by pairing a cutting-edge economy with an invincible military—claiming our rightful place first among nations.

Core pillars

Charles Preston

Activist · Age 31

49,372 social followers

Charles Preston climbed the ranks from think-tank wunderkind to party insider by mastering policy minutiae and media narratives, earning unwavering loyalty from both colleagues and donors with his razor-sharp intellect and silver tongue.

🎓 Academic ✨ Charismatic 🤝 Loyal 📺 Media Savvy 🔗 Well Connected

Timeline

Draft

8 September 2023
Vote Open

8 September 2023
Withdrawn

11 September 2023
Never Became Law

11 September 2023

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

City Assembly

Failed

0Yes 70No 50Not voted 120 seats

For: 0 / 120 seats (0.0%)

Against: 70 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 50

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 0.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Avalonian Foundations	70	No	While AF recognizes that capital punishment may be appropriate in limited circumstances, it cannot vote in favor of legislation that expands application of the death penalty beyond those circumstances. If a proposal were made to apply the death penalty in cases of premeditated murder, AF would likely support it.
Sovereign Homeland Prosperity Proposer	0	Yes	No reason given

Harbor Council

Failed

0Yes 7No 8Not voted 15 seats

For: 0 / 15 seats (0.0%)

Against: 7 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 8

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 0.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Avalonian Foundations	7	No	While AF recognizes that capital punishment may be appropriate in limited circumstances, it cannot vote in favor of legislation that expands application of the death penalty beyond those circumstances. If a proposal were made to apply the death penalty in cases of premeditated murder, AF would likely support it.
Sovereign Homeland Prosperity Proposer	0	Yes	No reason given
Empty seats	7	Not voted

Governor of Port Avalon

Passed

0Yes 0No 1Not voted 1 seat

For: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 1

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Avalonian Foundations

Voted Sept. 11, 2023

“While AF recognizes that capital punishment may be appropriate in limited circumstances, it cannot vote in favor of legislation that expands application of the death penalty beyond those circumstances. If a proposal were made to apply the death penalty in cases of premeditated murder, AF would likely support it.”