diff --git a/agora/Agora/Proposal.hs b/agora/Agora/Proposal.hs
index 3390fbf..5a2b400 100644
--- a/agora/Agora/Proposal.hs
+++ b/agora/Agora/Proposal.hs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ module Agora.Proposal (
   proposalDatumValid,
   pemptyVotesFor,
   pwinner,
+  pwinner',
   pneutralOption,
   pretractVotes,
 ) where
@@ -709,10 +710,8 @@ proposalDatumValid proposal =
           , ptraceIfFalse "Proposal votes and effects are compatible with each other" $ PUM.pkeysEqual # datum.effects # pto (pfromData datum.votes)
           ]
 
-{- | Find the winner result tag, given the votes, the quorum the "neutral" result tag.
-
-     The winner should be unambiguous, meaning that if two options have the same highest votes,
-       the "neutral" option will be the winner.
+{- | Wrapper for 'pwinner''. When the winner cannot be found,
+      the 'neutral' option will be returned.
 
      @since 0.1.0
 -}
@@ -725,7 +724,26 @@ pwinner ::
         :--> PResultTag
     )
 pwinner = phoistAcyclic $
-  plam $ \votes quorum neutral -> unTermCont $ do
+  plam $ \votes quorum neutral -> pmatch (pwinner' # votes # quorum) $ \case
+    PNothing -> neutral
+    PJust winner -> winner
+
+{- | Find the winner result tag, given the votes and the quorum.
+
+     The winner should be unambiguous, meaning that if two options have the same highest votes,
+       the function will return 'PNothing'.
+
+     @since 0.1.0
+-}
+pwinner' ::
+  Term
+    s
+    ( PProposalVotes
+        :--> PInteger
+        :--> PMaybe PResultTag
+    )
+pwinner' = phoistAcyclic $
+  plam $ \votes quorum -> unTermCont $ do
     winner <- pletC $ phighestVotes # votes
     winnerResultTag <- pletC $ pfromData $ pfstBuiltin # winner
     highestVotes <- pletC $ pfromData $ psndBuiltin # winner
@@ -757,10 +775,10 @@ pwinner = phoistAcyclic $
     pure $
       pif
         (noDuplicateHighestVotes #&& exceedQuorum)
-        winnerResultTag
-        neutral
+        (pcon $ PJust winnerResultTag)
+        (pcon PNothing)
 
-{- | Find the winning outcome (and the corresponding vote count) given the votes.
+{- | Find the outcome with the highest vote count given the votes.
 
      @since 0.1.0
 -}
diff --git a/agora/Agora/Proposal/Scripts.hs b/agora/Agora/Proposal/Scripts.hs
index 6d92604..6a3df7f 100644
--- a/agora/Agora/Proposal/Scripts.hs
+++ b/agora/Agora/Proposal/Scripts.hs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import Agora.Proposal (
   Proposal (governorSTAssetClass, stakeSTAssetClass),
   ProposalStatus (..),
   pretractVotes,
+  pwinner',
  )
 import Agora.Proposal.Time (
   currentProposalTime,
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ import Plutarch.Extra.TermCont (
   ptryFromC,
  )
 import Plutarch.SafeMoney (PDiscrete (..))
+import Plutarch.Unsafe (punsafeCoerce)
 import PlutusLedgerApi.V1.Value (AssetClass (AssetClass))
 
 {- | Policy for Proposals.
@@ -528,6 +530,8 @@ proposalValidator proposal =
           pguardC "Cannot advance ahead of time" notTooEarly
           pguardC "Finished proposals cannot be advanced" $ pnot # isFinished
 
+          thresholdsF <- pletFieldsC @'["execute"] proposalF.thresholds
+
           pure $
             pif
               notTooLate
@@ -546,6 +550,11 @@ proposalValidator proposal =
                     pguardC "Proposal status set to Locked" $
                       proposalOutStatus #== pconstantData Locked
 
+                    pguardC "Winner outcome not found" $
+                      pisJust #$ pwinner' # proposalF.votes
+                        #$ punsafeCoerce
+                        $ pfromData thresholdsF.execute
+
                     pure $ popaque (pconstant ())
                   PLocked _ -> unTermCont $ do
                     -- 'Locked' -> 'Finished'