This is the last of the core assessments.
Critical Thinking
Operational Definition: Upon completion of a degree plan at Alvin Community College, students will demonstrate the successful application of higher order analyses, innovative interpretation of evidence, and creative cognitive processes.
Enhancing the Right to Vote: Voter Suppression vs. Voter Fraud
At the heart of the debate over voter the requirement that photo identification be presented in order to vote is whether the move is a legitimate means to curtail voter fraud, or an illegitimate means to suppress the vote on the part of the population that may find it difficult to obtain adequate ID.
In a critical essay I want you to determine how best to promote the right to vote while ensuring that votes are legitimate. How much effort should be made by the government (be it local, state, or nation) in enhancing access to the polls all the while ensuring that the votes cast are in fact legitimate.
While you do so, also evaluate the claims on the one side that voter ID measures are intended to suppress the votes of certain populations – thus biasing election results – and on the other that voter fraud is rampant.
Speculate also on the political feasibility of passing legislation that enhances access to the polls.
150 words at a minimum
Due October 28
