The purpose of this website is to inform the average person about Voter ID laws. It is the culmination of a semester-long study for an English 101 class at the University of Maryland. Anyone who views this site can examine both sides of this complicated argument and form their own opinions based on the information provided. Before I conducted my research I didn’t know a lot about racism and politics, especially voter ID laws. Even though I wasn’t very informed, I had my opinions about the topic. I thought that racism was bad and I knew that there was a massive opposition to voter ID laws from liberals. Throughout my research, my opinions stayed more or less the same, and if anything they were strengthened. The difference was that after I conducted my research, I knew why. I had specific evidence to back up my opinions, I could speak about my topic intelligently, and I had a strong stance against voter ID laws. My inquiry question was how does racism affect politics? It was an extremely broad question, although my research pointed to a resounding yes. Racism was undoubtedly present in politics and affected political proceedings. I came across a number of topics that caught my eye in my research for my inquiry paper. I had a lot of sub-topics to choose from, but I wanted to find one that was especially relevant today. I ended up doing my CAP on voter ID laws, and my thesis was something along the lines of “Voter ID laws negatively affect the political process and inhibit its ability to function.” When I first thought about voter ID laws, I thought that they had a minor affect on the political process and did not play a big role in its hindrance. Now I know that voter ID laws have a large impact on politics. It is much larger than people think, and I hope that action is taken to repeal these laws.