PSY FPX 5120 Assessment 1

Executive Summary

Proposal Title: Improvement of Voting Integrity

Proposal Writer: Madison Ovitt

Proposal Client: John Doe, Town Hall President

Proposal Stakeholders: All voters

Proposal Due Date: 14th June, 2022

Objectives:

It is necessary to preserve the integrity of voting, being a fundamental human right, by safeguarding it from undue external influences. This proposal aims to establish voting regulations, minimizing the role of social and mainstream media, hence encouraging independent voter decision-making (Ovitt, 2022). Research has revealed that social and media influences have a significant impact on political self-expression (Bond et al., 2012). As such, the proposal tries to minimize these influences so that voters can make choices free from undue external pressures.

Proposed Solution:

The idea is to establish an expert group for providing neutral, factual data concerning candidates or subjects. The team will filter and edit content on the media and aim at lifting the level of integrity in voting by diminishing slanted impacts. Mechanisms for accountability, the same way that exists in Germany, will make sponsors and advertising companies liable for honest presentation (Krause, 2015).

Final Deliverable:

The last proposal is to impose strict regulations to control media and social representations during voting and participating in public discourses. It advocates for maintaining objectivity and not influencing others, ensuring fair and ethical behavior (Ovitt, 2022). Such practices have worked elsewhere and are necessary in ensuring well-informed decision-making.

Risks:

Some of the challenges that can undermine the impact of the suggested interventions include the persistence of social influence regardless of media filtering and the risk of people’s own biases interfering with filtering (Ovitt, 2022).

Project Budget/Spending Estimate:

Although no specific budget has been established, financing the group that will filter media is pivotal to the defense of voting integrity. Further analysis will enable budget requirements to be cemented even further as the proposal is established (Ovitt, 2022).

Proposal Priorities:

The foremost priorities are to facilitate fair and impartial voting processes, ensure equal opportunity for everyone to vote, and discourage malicious influence tactics (Ovitt, 2022).

Proposed Guidelines:

Formulating research-driven guidelines is imperative to generate ethical public discourse and media coverage in elections. The guidelines aim to eliminate misinformation and promote fact-based discussion, as per the principles of good governance (Krause, 2015).

PSY FPX 5120 Assessment 1 Participating in Politics: Executive Summary 

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