Voter Fraud?

In an editorial for Texas Makes a Case against voter ID, the author creates a valid argument about voter fraud. The author's intended audience are all of the Texas voters, especially those that will be negatively affected if the Voter ID Law was to go into effect. The author's stance on the issue is opposition to the Voter ID Law. The supporting evidence is from a statistician from the University of Texas at Austin. He presented an estimate of 167,724 people that will be "disenfranchised" if the law were to go into effect. Although this number seems small compared to the 1 million voters, the author puts this number into perspective. He claims that the 167,724 is just like "denying the vote to every person in Grand Prairie or in Brownsville." Then, the author expands his argument by deeming the Voter ID Law unnecessary because there is no evidence of abuse within the voter system. With a credible source, the author bolsters his position with statistics. A total of only five people have been persecuted for impersonating a voter and there were zero cases involving cases with non citizens who had voted. The author concludes the editorial with logical reasoning. The author states that voting is a right and it should not be denied. There are other ways of safeguarding the voting process from systematic abuse, but denying some one's right to vote should not be one of them. I agree with the author because of the strength of his evidence that makes his claim persuasive. I do propose that voters should show ID cards, but if there is not a lot of systematic abuse, then why?