“Critics raise these concerns because they are afraid of losing at the Supreme Court. Why would critics trust a lower court, but not the highest court, to decide this issue? More importantly, why do critics continue to fight against laws intended to prevent cheating and illegal voting at the ballot box? … Those same critics also know that Latinos are repeatedly victimized by voter fraud and Texans of all races strongly support voter ID. They need to stop playing politics and start preventing illegal voting in Texas.”
Responding to state Democrats’ calls to drop his challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s office replied:
“No one has been more misleading about voter ID than Representative (Martinez) Fischer. He said that voter ID would prevent his mother from voting, however, when cross examined — under oath — he had to change his story and admit that his mother in fact had a driver’s license that would allow her to vote. That kind of misrepresentation has been the driving force behind those against voter integrity laws.”
In addition to his appearance in the witness box, Martinez Fischer is featured in an anti-voter ID video with “real voter” Victoria Rose Rodriguez, a high school student (later referred to as a college student) telling her story of how “The Voting Rights Act Protected My Vote.” But would she really be unable to vote because, as Martinez Fischer tells it, she can’t get a driver’s license without car insurance? Once again he is misrepresenting, or is ignorant of, the facts: Rodriguez can easily obtain a non-driver personal ID card (no insurance needed) or a free Election Identification Certificate as allowed for in the Texas law.