Gonzalo Barrientos served in the Texas Senate from 1985 to 2007. He also was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1975-1985. Photo by Lizzie Chen/News21

“The Texas Voter ID bill is one of a number of pieces of legislation that Republicans and the fringe extremists are trying to pass in this country. All of it is meant to divide and make weaker the people who are likely to vote for the Democrats. It’s hard enough to get people out to vote, especially when there is a tradition in the low income groups and put forth (to) intimidate people to keep them from voting. … It has been stated again and again that there is little fraud to have shown to have happened in Texas, and they simply won’t pay attention to that.”

By Lizzie Chen, News21