*The Paper will be due no later than the last week of class.
*Keep your analyses concise, narrow & focused on the key issues – (the Paper should be up to a max of 4-5 double-spaced pages) – and you should consult in your research at least 2 or 3 of relevant & timely Books (including those available on reserve = online in the Library), in addition to a number of relevant articles and essays in scholarly journals and leading news sources or opinion essays.
*Your discussions must consider and weigh different views and outlooks, and analyze the pros & cons of noteworthy current debates and proposals.
For example, the Topic of your Paper could be recent issues, controversies, critiques and reform proposals, with respect to 1 of the following political, electoral, policy, or institutional matters =
You might focus on the Presidential Nominating processes, the Primaries, Presidential or Congressional Campaigns, Impacts of Money & PACs on Politics & Policymaking, Voting Rights Issues, Congressional Oversight and/or Budgetary Processes, the Senate Filibuster, or Electoral College Issues
For Example, Sub-Topics of Papers on Election Matters or Issues could include:
The Voting Rights Act; Redistricting; Gerrymanders; Laws and delays in counting or receiving ballots; impacts of early and mail-in voting; state legislative voter suppression efforts, or frivolous lawsuits, based on alleged electoral fraud; use of recounts, runoffs, recalls, referenda, and ballot initiatives; and debates over the unrepresentative & undemocratic nature of our election systems, including such matters as: how Electoral College numbers are allocated among states with different populations; the winner-take-all systems adopted in most states, instead of Proportional Representation (adopted in many Primaries) or Ranked Choice Voting; and the national popular vote Interstate Compact Electoral College reform passed by many states.
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