My essay on "Amendment to Expand the Legislature," is directed to the voters of Alaska. The essay’s thesis is: "Increasing the Alaska State Legislature from sixty members to seventy-two members will not benefit Alaska State residents because it will increase the costs of government without giving better representations to the people. Also, it will not change the fact that population in the larger cities continues to increase while population in the bush areas continues to drop." It has a strong thesis because it has a claim with three supporting reasons.
I believe the audience can be swayed by this essay because the works cited from the legislative notes are contradictory. In one place a senator says that this will make the district boundaries in the rural areas smaller and in another place another senator states that the boundaries in the rural areas will stay pretty much the same due to population decreases in those areas. The legislators that are over districts covering large areas will continue to have a hard time being able to visit all of the villages and cities in their area. Another reason is because the voters in the State of Alaska have continued to vote against more government spending.
I have used sources from the U.S. government as well as from the Alaska State Constitution and Legislature. Even though these sources are from the web, they are very creditable.
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