week 5 discussion 1POL 201
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
Voting and Voter Turnout
Prepare: Prior to completing this discussion question, review Chapters 9 and 10 in American Government and the following articles: “How Voter ID Laws Are Being Used to Disenfranchise Minorities and the Poor,” “Fraught with Fraud,” and “Proof at the Polls.”
Reflect: The U.S. has one of the lowest voter turnout rates among modern democratic political systems. One study ranks the U.S. 120th on a list of 169 nations compared on voter turnout (Pintor, Gratschew, & Sullivan, 2002). During the last decade, many initiatives have been undertaken to increase voter participation, yet concerns about the possibility of election fraud have also increased. Additionally, some political interests feel threatened by the increase in turnout among some traditionally low-turnout ethnic minorities. Several states have recently passed legislation imposing new registration and identification requirements. This has sparked debate about whether these are tactics intended to suppress turnout or to prevent fraud.
Write: In your initial post, summarize recent developments in several states enacting voter ID laws. Analyze and describe the pros and cons on both sides of the debate about these laws. Is voter fraud a major problem for our democracy or are some groups trying to make it harder for some segments of society to vote? Draw your own conclusion about the debate over voter ID laws. Justify your conclusions with facts and persuasive reasoning.
Fully respond to all parts of the question and write your response in your own words. Your initial post must be 200 to 250 words. Support your position with APA citations from two or more of the assigned resources required for this discussion. Please be sure that you demonstrate understanding of these resources, integrate them into your argument, and cite them properly.
Respond to Peers: By Day 7, respond to at least two of your classmates' initial posts. Your peer responses should be 75 to 100 words each. They must demonstrate critical thinking. For example, compare your post to a classmate’s post that takes a contrary position. If you are arguing voter fraud is a major problem then contrast your argument to a classmate that argues voter ID laws are designed to suppress voting, or vice versa.
Respond
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week 5 discussion 1POL 201Your initial discussion thread is due .docx
1. week 5 discussion 1POL 201
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and
you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates.
Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and
the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum
Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be
evaluated.
Voting and Voter Turnout
Prepare: Prior to completing this discussion question, review
Chapters 9 and 10 in American Government and the following
articles: “How Voter ID Laws Are Being Used to Disenfranchise
Minorities and the Poor,” “Fraught with Fraud,” and “Proof at
the Polls.”
Reflect: The U.S. has one of the lowest voter turnout rates
among modern democratic political systems. One study ranks
the U.S. 120th on a list of 169 nations compared on voter
turnout (Pintor, Gratschew, & Sullivan, 2002). During the last
decade, many initiatives have been undertaken to increase voter
participation, yet concerns about the possibility of election
fraud have also increased. Additionally, some political interests
feel threatened by the increase in turnout among some
traditionally low-turnout ethnic minorities. Several states have
recently passed legislation imposing new registration and
identification requirements. This has sparked debate about
whether these are tactics intended to suppress turnout or to
prevent fraud.
2. Write: In your initial post, summarize recent developments in
several states enacting voter ID laws. Analyze and describe the
pros and cons on both sides of the debate about these laws. Is
voter fraud a major problem for our democracy or are some
groups trying to make it harder for some segments of society to
vote? Draw your own conclusion about the debate over voter ID
laws. Justify your conclusions with facts and persuasive
reasoning.
Fully respond to all parts of the question and write your
response in your own words. Your initial post must be 200 to
250 words. Support your position with APA citations from two
or more of the assigned resources required for this discussion.
Please be sure that you demonstrate understanding of these
resources, integrate them into your argument, and cite them
properly.
Respond to Peers: By Day 7, respond to at least two of your
classmates' initial posts. Your peer responses should be 75 to
100 words each. They must demonstrate critical thinking. For
example, compare your post to a classmate’s post that takes a
contrary position. If you are arguing voter fraud is a major
problem then contrast your argument to a classmate that argues
voter ID laws are designed to suppress voting, or vice versa.
Respond
