Opponents of a new law requiring voters to show identification at the polls launched a petition drive urging legislators to reconsider, but state officials fired back, accusing foes of spreading misinformation about the law’s impact…

But state election coordinator Mark Goins told a Senate committee that it is opponents who are disserving voters by implying that their right to vote will be taken away. Most voters who lack a state driver’s license have other forms of identification that qualify, and many others qualify to vote by mail under existing state laws, he said.

“Misinformation is disenfranchisement,” he said. “At this point, I’m more concerned about misinformation and fear disenfranchising voters than the law.”