AMERICAN GOVERNMENT RESEARCH PAPER Technical Requirements: Seven (7) to eight (8) pages, 8-1/2 x 11 inches in length, typed, double-spaced, 12- point font, one (1) inch margins. These technical requirements, including the page limit, will be strictly enforced, and non-conforming papers risk receiving the

AMERICAN GOVERNMENTRESEARCH PAPER Technical Requirements: Seven (7) to eight (8) pages, 8-1/2 x 11 inches in length, typed, double-spaced, 12-                                     point font, one (1) inch margins.  These technical requirements, including the page limit,                                                 will be strictly enforced, and non-conforming papers risk receiving the grade of “F”. Due Date:                    Thursday, April 14, 2022, 12:00 Noon.  Late papers will be penalized at the rate       of one                                          (1) full grade per day.  Papers submitted more than three (3) days late will not be                                                            accepted and will receive the grade of “0”.  No extensions will be granted.  Assignment:                 This assignment asks you to address three issues: (1) In no more than three (3) pages, summarize and analyze the main ideas in Carol Anderson’s One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy (Bloomsbury Publishing, reprint edition, paperback, 2019).  Why does Professor Anderson believe voter suppression is a threat to American democracy? (2) Richard Blumenthal is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut and the chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution.  Sen. Blumenthal’s subcommittee has held hearings about state laws that restrict voting, and he has been an outspoken advocate for passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act.  What is this bill, what would it do, and what are its prospects of passage? and (3) Critics of the proposed Lewis Voting Rights Act have raised several objections: They contend there already are adequate federal protections for voting; they claim the proposed legislation would further “federalize” elections; and they assert their only concern is maintaining “election integrity”.  After conducting appropriate research in good recent sources, examine the opponents’ critique of the Lewis Voting Rights Act.                                     Discuss as fully as space permits and focus on facts because broad generalizations will not suffice.  Carefully cite your sources according to MLA standards.  Research:                    You must cite at least seven (7) sources.  Other than One Person, No Vote and the Shah and Smith journal article “Legacies of Segregation and Disenfranchisement”, the class’s textbooks, dictionaries, and encyclopedias may not be cited.  In addition to good, recent books, please search in scholarly journal articles, historical documents, and other primary sources. Websites should be avoided when there are questions about depth of information and/or reliability.  Facts that are not generally known and direct quotations from any source must be fully cited according to MLA standards, and all sources must be listed on a separate Works Cited page.  Citations to Internet sources must be complete. Drafts:                         I will review and comment on drafts if they are submitted by Friday, April 8, 8:00 a.m. Drafts must include full citations to sources and a Works Cited page.  Do not submit a draft unless you are prepared to make substantial revisions. Grading Criteria:        (1) Insight into the issues presented by the assignment; (2) Research in sources selected                        by the student; and (3) Style in presenting, analyzing and discussing facts.            Pursuant to the             syllabus, this paper will constitute Fifty Percent (50%) of the final grade for the class. Warning concerning Academic Honesty:  According to the Norwalk Community College student handbook:                                                 “Academic dishonesty includes but is not limited to…Plagiarizing, including the                                                             submission of others’ ideas or papers (whether purchased, borrowed or otherwise                                                          obtained) as one’s own work.”  Plagiarism is a very serious offense.  Violations of this                                            plagiarism policy are likely to result in the grade of “0” on this assignment, as well as                                       possible disciplinary action.  Please be exceptionally careful!AMERICAN GOVERNMENTBrief & Selective Bibliography about Voter Suppression and “Election Integrity” Anderson, Carol, One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy (Bloomsbury Publishing; reprint edition, paperback, 2019) Atkeson, Lonna Rae, R. Michael Alvarez, Thad E. Hall & J. Andrew Sinclair, “Balancing Fraud Prevention and Electoral Participation: Attitudes Toward Voter Identification”, Social Science Quarterly, December 2014, Vol. 95, No. 5, Special Issue: New Perspectives on Political Participation, pp. 1381-1398, https://www.jstor.org/stable/44072755 Bender, Michael C., Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost (Twelve, 2021) Bentele, Keith G. & Erin E. O’Brien, “Jim Crow 2.0? Why States Consider and Adopt Restrictive Voter Access Policies, Perspectives on Politics, December 2013, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 1088-1116,https://www.jstor.org/stable/43280932 Edelson, Jack, Alexander Alduncin, Christopher Krewson, James A. Sieja and Joseph E. Uscinski, “The Effect of Conspiratorial Thinking and Motivated Reasoning on Belief in Election Fraud”, Political Research Quarterly, December 2017, Vol. 70, No. 4, pp. 933-946, https://www.jstor.org/stable/26384827 Gilbert, Michael D., “The Problem of Voter Fraud”, Columbia Law Review, April 2015, Vol. 115, No. 3, pp. 739-775, https://www.jstor.org/stable/43267878 Goldstone, Lawrence, On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy, and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights (Counterpoint, 2020) Hasen, Richard L., Election Meltdown: Dirty Tricks, Distrust, and the Threat to American Democracy (Yale UP, 2020) ______________, The Voting Wars: From Florida 2000 to the Next Election Meltdown (Yale UP, paperback, 2013) Keyssar, Alexander, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States (Basic Books, revised edition, paperback, 2009) Kruse, Kevin M. & Julian E. Zelizer, Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 (W.W. Norton & Co., reprint edition, paperback, 2020) Leonnig, Carol & Philip Rucker, I Alone Can Fix It: Donald J. Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year (Penguin Press, 2021) Minnite, Lorraine C., The Myth of Voter Fraud (Cornell UP, 2010) Rucker, Philip & Carol, Leonnig, A Very Stable Genius: Donald J. Trump’s Testing of America (Penguin Press, 2020) Waldman, Michael, The Fight to Vote (Simon & Schuster, reprint edition, paperback, 2017) Wegman, Jesse, Let the People Pick the President: The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College (Griffin, reprint edition, paperback, 2021) AMERICAN GOVERNMENTInstructions for Writing a Research Paper ·             Read the directions carefully and follow them very closely ·             The Cornell University Library has recommended these steps for writing a research paper: (1) Develop a research strategy; (2) Find background information; (3) Find books, journal and newspaper articles, primary sources, and Internet resources; (4) Evaluate the sources; (5) Cite sources; (6) Seek research and reference help as needed; and (7) Seek feedback.  That is sound advice ·             Organize your paper carefully before you begin writing: Consider making a detailed outline before you begin research and revise it periodically as you conduct research and write the paper ·             If the assignment, in fact, has two or more parts and, therefore, poses two or more issues, be certain to address each one ·             As a general rule, a research paper should have an introduction, a discussion, and a conclusion ·             The introduction should demonstrate that you understand the assignment and should indicate your general approach to the issue or issues in the form of a good, clear thesis statement ·             As a general rule, each paragraph of discussion should be confined to a thorough examination of one issue with a topic sentence, followed by one or more sentences of analysis and detailed, factual support ·             The conclusion should briefly summarize the most important points you made in the paper ·             Use the paper to demonstrate what you know: Support your argument with facts and specific examples.   Avoid vague, unsupported generalizations ·             Clarity of expression is one of the greatest virtues of good writing about political history.  Every sentence you write should be clear and readily understood at first reading ·             A research paper generally should not be argumentative.  Although the introduction should state a thesis, the approach to the paper should be balanced, offering factual support for the thesis but acknowledging facts that are contrary.  Do not make personal statements such as “I believe” and “In my opinion”.  Good writing in the social sciences strives for objectivity.  Do not substitute emotion for depth of analysis and discussion  ·             Get to the point; Avoid rambling, digressions, and discussion not directly relevant to the issue(s) presented by the assignment.  Stick to the point: Everything you write should be addressed to the assignment and the issue(s) it presented ·             Be careful about chronology: Dates and the sequence of events are very important in political history ·             Be careful not plagiarize: You must express ideas in your own words.  Quotations should be kept to a minimum, but, when they are necessary, you must provide a complete citation to the source ·             Be careful about spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization.  They are very important!  Always proofread papers carefully  ·             According to Justice Louis D. Brandeis, who served on the United States Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939: “There is no great writing, only great re-writing.”AMERICAN GOVERNMENTSPRING 2022 TERMRESEARCH PAPER RUBRIC & GRADING GRID  NAME: ______________________________ ·              ·              ·              ·              ·               INSIGHT:                               40%                            A= 36-40 Including presentation,                                                B= 32-35discussion, and                                                C= 28-31                                                          analysis of facts                                                           D= 24-27in support of thesis                                                       F= 23 & Below       ·              ·              ·              ·                 ·              ·              ·              ·                                                                                                                            TOTAL & GRADE:  COMMENTS: NORWALK COMMUNITY COLLEGE GRADING SYSTEM            93 -100                                                                                                                                    A            90 – 92                                                                                                                                     A-87 – 89                                                                                                                                     B+83 – 86                                                                                                                                     B        80 – 82                                                                                                                                     B-       77 – 79                                                                                                                                     C+73 – 76                                                                                                                                     C70 – 72                                                                                                                                     C-67 – 69                                                                                                                                     D+63 – 66                                                                                                                                    D60 – 62                                                                                                                                    D-59 and Below                                                                                                                          F                                                                                                                                 ·              ·              ·              ·              ·              ·                ·              ·              ·              ·              ·              ·