- Precinct Convention for state political parties. What impact would this have on the election process in Texas? Is this change warranted? Why or why not?
Sources to consider:
- Bruce, John M. “Texas: The Emergence of the Christian Right.”God at the grass roots: the Christian right in the 1994 elections (1995): 67.
- Sui, Danile Z., and Peter J. Hugill. “A GIS-based spatial analysis on neighborhood effects and voter turn-out:: a case study in College Station, Texas.”Political Geography 21, no. 2 (2002): 159-173.
- Taebel, Delbert A., Richard L. Engstrom, and Richard L. Cole. “Alternative Electoral Systems as Remedies for Minority Vote Dilution.”Hamline J. Pub. L. & Pol’y 11 (1990): 19.
Final Revisions
Final Revisions are to be scored using a Rubric based on the Universal Intellectual Standards described by the Foundation for Critical Thinking. This Rubric is defined as follows:
Criterion Associated Questions Score if no question asked Score if one Question asked Score if two or more Questions asked Clarity What do you mean? 1 0 0 Relevance How is this related to that? 1 0 0 Accuracy Is that true? How do you know?
According to whom?
1 0 0 Precision For example? What specifically do you mean? 1 0 0 Logic Does this follow from that? Does this make sense?
2 1 0 Breadth Is there another way to look at this? How would this look from a ___ perspective? 1 0 0 Depth What makes this difficult? What makes this complicated? 1 0 0 Significance Is that the most important point? 1 0 0 Fairness What’s your angle? Where is your interest in this? Are you being fair to X? 1 0 0 Total Possible Score 10