The Voting Rights Act of 1965 has been amended to specify that a government has discriminated if the result of a particular law is discriminatory.It is no longer necessary to prove that the government intended to discriminate.

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was amended with the Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1982 to add the concept of discriminatory results, which means that a law or practice can be considered discriminatory if it has a disproportionate effect on a particular race or minority group, even if it was not intended to discriminate. Therefore, it is no longer necessary to prove discriminatory intent to establish a violation of the Act.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 Has Been Amended to Specify