2012 Election Results Aftermath: Supreme Court to Review Voting Rights Act Required for States With Discrimination History

Three days after President Barack Obama won reelection, the Supreme Court will reconsider the Voting Rights Act.

According to the Washington Post, the Act contains a provision that has been "the federal government's most forceful tool in protecting minority rights at the polls."

The Act was put into place in the 1964 but the Supreme Court justices have agreed to hear constitutional challenges to Section 5 that was launched two years ago. The section stated states must that had a history of discrimination must have federal approval if they want to make changes in voting laws.

The states in question are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. A few counties elsewhere also covers the requirement, including California, Florida, New York, North Carolina and South Dakota.

Following Election Day 2012, Obama won with a large percent of the Black, Hispanic, and Asian population than the majority of white voters that leaned to Mitt Romney. It is believed the section might not be needed due to change in time.

"The America that elected and re-elected Barack Obama as its first African-American president is far different than when the Voting Rights Act was first enacted in 1965. Congress unwisely reauthorized a bill that is stuck in a Jim Crow-era time warp. It is unconstitutional," said Project on Fair Representation Director Edward Blum to the Associated Press.

Project on Fair Representation is a not-for-profit organization that is funding the challenges to the voting rights law and affirmative action.

So far, Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Texas are supporting the appeal, or challenge, put forth by Shelby County in Alabama.

However, there are people that want the Act to remain in place following voter ID laws in South Carolina and Texas were attempted but ultimately blocked by the Justice Department.

According to the Washington Post's Robert Barnes, "The Obama administration aggressively used Section 5 during this year's election season to challenge restrictions on voting passed by Republican-led legislatures. The states said the changes were meant to combat voter impersonation fraud or make Election Day easier on election officials."

The case will be discussed in the Supreme Court in February or March. A decision is likely to be made next June. The case is titled "Shelby County v. Holder, 12-96."