Assignment - The impact of public policies that increase

Writing Assignment: The impact of public policies that increase or decrease voter participation

A writing assignment is a requirement in Government courses. As per syllabus, completion of a writing assignment is essential to satisfactory outcome of this course.

· This writing is worth 100 points toward your final grade.

· This writing assignment must be minimum of 800 words and a maximum of 1200 words.

· The paper must be double-spaced typed.

· This writing must be in APA format (no abstract required), provide a works cited page and utilize a minimum of 3 credible sources. (Click on  APA Citation Generator  and  Purdue Online Writing Lab  to learn more about APA

· This assignment is used for a college-wide state required assessment.

First: Choose  one of the following public policies from the list below to create a 6 paragraph paper. (i.e. Introductory paragraph and 1 paragraph per number which adequately addresses the prompt, then a conclusion paragraph).

Public Policies:

· Voter Rights Act

· Help America Vote Act

· White primary

· Voter ID laws

· Early Voting

· tration

· Absentee voting/mail-in voting

· Curbside voting

· Twenty-Sixth Amendment

 

Second: Address each of the 6 prompts found below. Use a full and complete paragraph to address each prompt:

· 1. Introductory paragraph

· Set up what the paper is about

· Make sure to discuss voter turnout.

· Offer some statistical analysis on voter turnout to demonstrate this is a relevant topic

· 2. Describe the policy chosen above. Give background such as when and why was it created or other historical context

· 3. How might this policy negatively affect voter turnout currently and/or has in the past? If you can not find any negatives to your chosen policy then compare and discuss to another policy that has negatives

· 4. How might this policy positively affect voter turnout currently and/or in the past?

· 5. Did this policy have an impact on the record turnout for the 2020 election? If not, what do you attribute the spike in voter turnout to? Do you think this particular policy hurt or help voter turnout in general?

· 6. Conclusion Paragraph

· Summarize what was stated in the previous paragraphs

· Which side of the argument do you ultimately fall on?