Can I see some ID?

The fact that some states require a photo ID in order to vote is in direct violation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act which "contains a general prohibition on voting discrimination, enforced through federal district court litigation. Congress amended this section in 1982, prohibiting any voting practice or procedure that has a discriminatory result. The 1982 amendment provided that proof of intentional discrimination is not required. The provision focused instead on whether the electoral processes are equally accessible to minority voters. This section is permanent and does not require renewal."
Voter ID laws specifically target lower income voters. Many of these voters live in inner-cities and use public transportation so have no driver's license. Therefore the states must provide an alternative, and that alternative must be free. If it's not free, the requirement would constitute a "poll tax."
Of course, it's not really free. All of us taxpayers pay for it. Nor is it  effortless.
These voter ID laws that allegedly prevent fraud are a blatant attempt to disenfranchise poor and (unfortunately) predominantly minority voters. The ID has become the 21st century's equivalent of a literacy test.
In addition, the curtailing of early voting options for some parts of the State of Ohio is a violation of the equal protection clause of our Constitution.
And not a single major news source has called foul. Now, with two states' election officials noting their unwillingness to allow specifically black voters, can we can the platitudes and call this, not only discrimination, but illegal? Please?