Arkansass Initiative Process and Legislative Referral Requir…

Write a 1,050- to 1,225-word report in which you do the following:

• Identify and briefly describe the issue or policy you have chosen and the election it was a part of.
• Explain why this was an important issue or policy in that election.
• Identify at least 2 interest groups that addressed the issue or policy and discuss strategies they used to educate voters or influence policymakers.
• Describe how the political parties involved promoted or opposed the issue or policy. Discuss how they communicated their position to voters.
• Explain how citizens participated in the political processes about this issue or policy. What information is there about voter turnout on the issue, public opinion polls, or other citizen engagement?

REQUIRED MECHANICS

• Include in-text citations and a reference list with a minimum of three sources in to support your assignment. Do not use Wikipedia, Quora, Yahoo Questions or other crowdsourced websites as references. You may use the formatted references provided for the materials in the Readings & Videos folder and in your instructor’s discussion posts.
• Do not rely on direct quotes/copying passages wholesale from your sources; no more than 10% of your assignment can be direct quotes – this means put concepts/ideas into your own words to show that you understand them.
• Format your assignment according to .
• Do not type your assignment content directly into the content box or submit a hyperlink to your assignment, you must submit an actual file that is a word document or similar.
• Do not rely solely on AI to write your assignments, this is not your own original work and may result in an automatic 0 and being reported to the university for plagiarism. See classroom policies for a complete statement.
• Meet the word count listed.
• Bullet point lists are not acceptable submissions. Please use paragraphs and follow guidelines.