"You Decide: Voices of Texas: Voter Identification Laws," and need an essay answering the following questions:
What are some of the historical and contemporary barriers to voting?
What accounts for the low level of participation in Texas?
What are the arguments for and against voter identification laws? Should a student ID be an acceptable form of identification for voting?
What can be done to increase voter participation in the short term? In the long term?
Do you think lawmakers and election officials in Texas are open to adopting methods to increase turnout? Why or why not?
The writing assignment should be a minimum of five hundred words. You are allowed to use outside sources as well (such as news articles or government websites). DO NOT simply copy the information word for word from your sources. If you use information directly from the source, it should be cited and the properly formatted citation should be provided at the end of the assignment.