Legislative Bill · Port Avalon
Passed

Military Equality and Deterrence Act of 2020

Proposed by Avalonian Foundations · fronted by Dominic Edwards
Passing
in all 2 chambers
Opened
26 Oct 2020
Voting closes
25 Dec 2020
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
2 changes

Rationale

A voluntary military cannot guarantee gender quotas without lowering readiness or imposing conscription. This act replaces quotas with equal opportunity and expands nuclear capacity, strengthening deterrence, and driving innovation with literally no downside because you can't go to war, so...

Proposed Changes

1

Nuclear Weapons
Previous law
Maintain a minimal deterrent
Expand the nuclear arsenal

2

Women in the Armed Forces
Previous law
This Is An Order — a mandatory quota for the proportion of women in the armed forces
Equal Participation — women serve alongside men on equal terms

Timeline

  • Draft
    18 August 2020


  • Vote Open
    26 October 2020


  • Vote Closed
    25 December 2020


  • Became Law
    25 December 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

City Assembly

Passed
43Yes 28No 49Not voted 120 seats

For: 43 / 120 seats (35.8%)

Against: 28 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 49

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 60.6%)
Party Seats Vote
Avalonian Foundations Proposer 24 Yes
Civic Democratic Coalition 0 Abstain
Conservative Union 19 Yes
Dockworkers Union 28 No

Harbor Council

Passed
5Yes 4No 6Not voted 15 seats

For: 5 / 15 seats (33.3%)

Against: 4 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 6

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 55.6%)
Party Seats Vote
Avalonian Foundations Proposer 3 Yes
Civic Democratic Coalition 0 Abstain
Conservative Union 2 Yes
Dockworkers Union 4 No
Empty seats 7 Not voted

Governor of Port Avalon

Passed
1Yes 0No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)

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

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)
Party Seats Vote
Conservative Union 1 Yes

Voting record

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

Abstain

“While we do support equal participation in the military, We don't think that nuclear detterents are really necessary, given our smaller size, and rising diplomatic tensions.”

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