In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a bill that would prohibit discrimination in voting. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 allowed a huge amount of racial minorities the right to vote, which was the main focus of the bill. After the bill was passed and signed into law, there was a sharp and steady increase in minority voter registration for decades, from Hispanic Americans to African Americans. There have been attempts in recent years to pass what are now called "Voter ID Laws," which would require prospective voters to provide some sort of state-issued identification and, in some cases, a state-issued I.D. with photos to be able to vote and cast your vote. . Supporters of the bill say its purpose is to prevent voter fraud, while opponents of the bill say it is unnecessary and is used to prevent low-income (usually minority) voters from voting. Opponents of the bill also argue that these bills violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965, specifically section 2. Section 2 states: “No voting qualification or prerequisite for voting, nor standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or enforced by any State or politician. subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote because of race or color.” Opponents of the bill see the implementation of voter ID laws as a direct violation of Section 2, due to the large number of minorities who would not be able to vote, the voter ID law would serve as a prerequisite to deny primarily minorities racial. So when you look at the passage of voter ID laws, compared to the Voting Rights Act, do voter ID laws violate section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by having a disproportionate effect on minority voters? The V... half of the paper ...The number of Hispanic voters is expected to grow dramatically in the coming years, and safe Republican states like Texas, which has 38 electoral votes, could easily become a swing state. While the idea of ​​preventing voter fraud is noble, it is not a big enough problem to propose new legislation that will prevent many eligible citizens from voting in elections. Voter ID laws appear to disenfranchise many minorities and eligible voters. To say that the sudden increase in voter ID legislation is politically motivated is not very hard to believe. The Voting Rights Act was established to protect minorities from discrimination at the polls. It was passed into law to protect a person's civil rights. In the years and decades following its immediate implementation, the United States saw a significant increase in minority voting