Students must submit a research paper on the issue of voting rights for convicted felons in Texas. Your paper must meet the following requirements: 1. Identify and explain the current TEXAS law regarding the voting rights of the following types of Texas citizens: a. Those currently incarcerated; b. Those on probation or on parole (see the text for the difference); c. Those who are ex-convicts and have completed their parole. 2. Explain whether you think any or all of these laws should be changed. Give at least two specific reasons for your position. 3. Describe who may or may not benefit from the position you take in 2) above. Consider the impact on political parties, or on candidates for various Texas State offices and also consider the impact in other areas, e.g., economic, political, social. 4. List at least two things you could do in order to engage the political process in Texas in pursuit of your position in 2) above. 5. Cite at least three (3) reliable, quality references from the media and/or the internet within the body of the paper using the parenthetical citation style (see below for link). One of the citations MUST come from the class textbook (-10 penalty points if this is not done), and NONE may be from ANY encyclopedia, such as kidslaw.com or Wikipedia (-10 penalty points if this is done). You must have at least three parenthetical source citations in the body of the paper that exactly match the sources properly formatted in the Works Cited Page at the end of the paper. A paper with no parenthetical source citations in its body will receive a grade of 0. A paper with no works cited section (a.k.a. list of references, a.k.a. bibliography) at the end of the body will receive a grade of 0. FORMAT REQUIREMENTS: 6. Typed, 2-3 pages (not counting Works Cited Page), 12-point font, double-spaced. 7. Your name, my name, POSC 1123, and the date. 8. A title is required, but a separate title page is not necessary. 9. An introduction with a thesis/statement of purpose in the first paragraph: “This paper will…” 10. A logically organized and sequenced body followed by a clearly stated conclusion. 11. Use of the Chicago Manual of Style’s (Links to an external site.) parenthetical citation format. Students must be very careful and pay attention to details when they examine and cite internet sources. 12. Use of footnotes or endnotes is prohibited (-25 if this is done). 13. Using encyclopedias, like Wikipedia, Ballotpedia, history.com, kids.law.com, etc. is prohibited (-10 points). 14. Use of word mixers like Spinbot is prohibited and will result in a grade of 0; no second chances will be allowed.