The Voting Rights Act of 1965 required for states that had been discriminated voting wise to acquire a consent or a special permission from the Federal Government before being able to change any laws related to the election. The VRA of 1965 was declared unconstitutional in the supreme court case of Shelby vs. Holder, this action being unfair because of all the things this act could have done right. This act basically intended to do 3 things, one, it abolished the literacy test which was a test to see if you can read and comprehend words, in other words a form to discriminate against African Americans who were illiterate, two, it abolished poll taxes, which were taxes that were charged when voting, clearly another way to discriminate against
