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Texas voter ID trial: Teen testifies about law's effects
Lubbock Online ^ | 11 July 2012 | AP story

Posted on 07/11/2012 11:17:59 PM PDT by smokingfrog

WASHINGTON (AP)— A San Antonio teenager said Tuesday that she didn't have the right documents to comply with Texas' new voter ID law and would be disenfranchised if it goes into effect.

Victoria Rose Rodriguez, 18, told a federal court in Washington that she had limited documentation — a birth certificate, a high school transcript and a student ID card with a photo on it — but is currently a registered voter in Texas. She said her parents are too busy to take her or her twin sister to get the new voter identification cards required by the law.

Getting a driver's license also is not an option, she said, because it would mean she and her sister would be added to her family's car insurance, a costly move.

"My dad works all day," she said. "And my mother is the sole caretaker for my grandmother."

Rodriguez's testimony came at the end of the second day of a trial to determine whether Texas' new voter ID law violates the federal Voting Rights Act. A three-judge panel is hearing the case after the state of Texas sued the Justice Department, which blocked the law under the Act in March.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: voterid
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She can travel all the way to Washington DC to testify, but she doesn't have time to travel across town to get a State issued ID card? How did she get to Washington DC? Did she walk, take a bus, fly on a private jet???

Give me a break!!!

1 posted on 07/11/2012 11:18:14 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog

“She said her parents are too busy to take her or her twin sister to get the new voter identification cards required by the law.”

It’s a personal problem....Jim!

Then the problem wouldn’t be the law, but her parents....right?


2 posted on 07/11/2012 11:24:44 PM PDT by Puckster
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To: smokingfrog

So her mother NEVER leaves the house? Lol what worthless daughters who cannot take care of their grandmother so their mom can leave home for an hour or three.


3 posted on 07/11/2012 11:26:00 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: smokingfrog

Oh, boo hoo. Waaaaaa. I don’t “have time” to get my car registration done, but the tags expire next week, so I’ll go there before work. I “don’t have the money” either, but I’ll pay the 55 dollars anyway because it’s a lot cheaper than a ticket.


4 posted on 07/11/2012 11:27:57 PM PDT by Greg123456 (Don't make me open a can of Monster!)
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To: smokingfrog

It’s a pretty sad and sorrowful tale. A 18 year old kid, with no apparent license and can never drive a car. An 18 year old kid who can’t buy booze or beer. An 18 year old kid who can never pick up narcotic drugs at the pharmacy. an 18 year old kid who can never open a bank account.

She’s likely to be one of those kids who stay in the parents home for the rest of her life. Pretty sad...no future...no hope...all because she just doesn’t have an ID. The only bright spot? Maybe some court system can toss out the voter ID law, and at least allow her to vote....and hope that mom or dad can drive her to the voting station. If they can’t....she will be denied a chance to vote because of lack of transportation (which ought to be brought up as the next major problem in America).


5 posted on 07/11/2012 11:28:23 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: smokingfrog

No buses in San Antonio? No friends or relatives? How did she travel to DC?


6 posted on 07/11/2012 11:28:40 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: smokingfrog

You have 4 years to get the ID!!! Every democratic system have a dead line to register and vote. I think US is the only democratic country with corruption in this process, where you could register and vote on the same day


7 posted on 07/11/2012 11:30:33 PM PDT by 4rcane
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To: smokingfrog

What a bunch of nonsense!!!

#1, just getting a driver’s license does not automatically put you on anyone’s insurance policy unless Texas has some law requiring it that I’m unaware of.

#2, if her parents are too busy, they how is she going to get to the polls to vote?

More lying BS, just like Sandra FLUKE.


8 posted on 07/11/2012 11:31:44 PM PDT by firedawg76
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"Getting a driver's license also is not an option, she said, because it would mean she and her sister would be added to her family's car insurance, a costly move. "

Bullcrap!

The possession of a driver's license in no way implies that you own a car, have access to or permission to drive a car.

The owner of the policy only pays for those people he/she lists as drivers of that vehicle. You can have twenty people living in the house, all with licenses, but if they're not listed, they're not covered.

Whoever got them to DC can damn well get them to the License Bureau or to the Voter Registration facility.
9 posted on 07/11/2012 11:38:31 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi

Furthermore, the dmv will issue a non-driver’s I.D. with the documentation that she says she has.


10 posted on 07/11/2012 11:45:58 PM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: smokingfrog

Remember that your girl who testified that Iraqi soldiers were throwing babies out of their incubators in Kuwait?


11 posted on 07/11/2012 11:48:43 PM PDT by itsahoot (The Political Elites are the modern Royals, and the king shall have his due.)
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To: smokingfrog

So if I “don’t have time” to go to the DMV to update my driver’s license and plates, and I get in a car accident or pulled over for speeding, could I claim “disenfranchisement” if a cop asked to see my license? If I “don’t have time” to get my insurance in order, is it unreasonable for a cop to ask to see my papers? If I “don’t have time” to update my passport before traveling abroad, I should be allowed to come and go as I please without being harassed by airport personnel?

She’s not upset because the law treats her as an inferior. She’s mad because the law won’t treat her as a superior.


12 posted on 07/11/2012 11:50:28 PM PDT by Méabh
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To: smokingfrog

Hard facts make bad case law. Likewise, hard facts make bad legislation.


13 posted on 07/12/2012 12:04:54 AM PDT by monocle
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To: Méabh; All

I say if she’s too stupid to figure out how to get to the BMV or the Voter Registration place then she’s too stupid to vote anyway.


14 posted on 07/12/2012 12:05:15 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Méabh

Dunno what the complaint is. If she’s got the BC, then it’s easy enough to go out and get r done.


15 posted on 07/12/2012 12:10:03 AM PDT by JCBreckenridge (Texas, Texas, Whisky)
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To: smokingfrog

Gee, I don’t have time to pay my income tax. Can I get an exemption or sumthin?


16 posted on 07/12/2012 12:12:21 AM PDT by expat1000
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To: smokingfrog
She said her parents are too busy to take her or her twin sister to get the new voter identification cards required by the law.

This is why the voting age should be 25. If this silly girl can't even figure out a way to get across town to the DMV, how in the **** are we to expect her to have enough knowledge and experience to help guide the direction of the country?

And, by the way, this is also why the 19th Amendment should be repealed. This girl was specifically trotted out for her sob story because roughly 51% of the country will be moved to tears by her ridiculous, anecdotal, illogical appeal to emotionalism. And the other 49% are afraid to point out how stupid she is because that would be "misogynistic".
17 posted on 07/12/2012 12:22:33 AM PDT by fr_freak
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A 18 year old kid, with no apparent license and can never drive a car... buy booze ...pick up narcotic drugs ... open a bank account.

And who also could not fly to D.C. to testify. Wonder how she got here - walk?

Also, simply having a driver's license does not require that you be added to the parents insurance - only if you are actually driving do you have to have insurance!

18 posted on 07/12/2012 12:44:07 AM PDT by TexasRedeye
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How did she get through TSA without a drivers license?


19 posted on 07/12/2012 12:59:57 AM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: smokingfrog

Did she testify in English?


20 posted on 07/12/2012 1:05:08 AM PDT by Lancey Howard
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