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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Give me a break!!!
“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?
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.
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.
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).
No buses in San Antonio? No friends or relatives? How did she travel to DC?
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
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.
Furthermore, the dmv will issue a non-driver’s I.D. with the documentation that she says she has.
Remember that your girl who testified that Iraqi soldiers were throwing babies out of their incubators in Kuwait?
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.
Hard facts make bad case law. Likewise, hard facts make bad legislation.
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.
Dunno what the complaint is. If she’s got the BC, then it’s easy enough to go out and get r done.
Gee, I don’t have time to pay my income tax. Can I get an exemption or sumthin?
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!
How did she get through TSA without a drivers license?
Did she testify in English?
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