Ballot Paper – Specific Criteria
Each student will be required to analyze a Ballot Proposition appearing on the California Primary or General Election ballots from 1994 through the November 2020 General Election. You need to choose a Ballot Proposition that falls between these dates (see Resources Below).
The analysis shall be5 FULL of TEXTand, in addition, MUST include a separate “Works Cited” page and appropriate source documentation/FOOTNOTES. You must haveat least 5 separate sourcescited in your Works Cited page.
NOTE – Students who wish may collaborate to write this paper. MAXIMUM of 2 students per paper.
YOU MUST use 12 point size font with STANDARD margins. The only acceptable font is Times or Times New Roman. Paper MUST be DOUBLE SPACED. YOUR USE of CORRECT GRAMMAR, SENTENCE STRUCTURE AND PUNCTUATION WILL BE A FACTOR IN YOUR GRADE.
REQUIRED HEADINGS – These Headings are MANDATORY and Must Be IN Your Paper!
a)ISSUE- Limit this to a maximum of 1/2 page. Briefly describe what ballot proposition you chose and why it interested you.
b)HISTORY- Approximately 1 1/2 – 2 pages. I want you to describe the essential events/problems which prompted the ballot proposition to be qualified and placed on the ballot.
c)DESCRIPTION- Approximately 1/2 page. Provide a brief but specific description of what language the proposition proposed to add or change to existing law. You can use a laundry list/outline format for this section.
d)ANALYSIS- Approximately 1 1/2 – 2 pages – Briefly, in a narrative format, identify and discuss which key groups supported, opposed or were neutral on the proposition and why they had taken their respective positions.
e)CONCLUSION- Limit this to approximately 1/2 – 1 page. Tell me why you support or oppose the changes in law made by the ballot proposition. Why was/wasn’t it a good idea? Has it had the intended effects?Did the proposition pass or fail?
RESEARCH RESOURCES
NOTE – The best resources to research and write your Ballot Analysis Paper are; www.calvoter.org – This is the best place to start – go to the Voter Resources and then the Elections links.
www.lao.ca.gov – go to the Initiatives link. Google searches of newspapers, etc. are also valuable.
www.sos.ca.gov – this is the Secretary of States link.
In addition to the Initiative link go the the Cal-Access link to obtain information on financial contributions.
Certainly “Googling” the issue is valuable too.
NOTE – Do NOT use WIKIPEDIA or other equivalent websites, e.g. “edit at will” sites, including answer.com, BALLOTPEDIA for this paper. Use of these sites will result in an 10 point reduction in GRADE. These are not acceptable for academic research. I also strongly discourage you from using encyclopedia websites. This is college. Use the sites I’ve referenced and legitimate newspapers/websites.
I would like for you to use the uploaded file to chose one of those topics, the professor provided over 100 topics to choose from, you can pick which ever one.
ALSO i have used this site before please use either good newspaper sources or use the websites the professor provided. PLEASE AVOID USING other sources; for, that could seem that i am cheating
PLEASE FOLLOW THE CRITERIA OF HOW LONG EACH SECTION MUST BE. THERE ARE FIVE SECTIONS. THANK YOU 😀
