A San Juan, Texas, polling place remained open Tuesday after an individual was shot nearby, a local election official confirmed.

The incident occurred among individuals campaigning near a fire station that serves as a polling place in Hidalgo County, in southern Texas. Under Texas law, campaigning is banned within 100 feet of the entrance to a polling place.

Hidalgo County Elections Administrator Yvonne Ramon confirmed the shooting, and said the victim has received medical assistance.

By Annelise Russell, News21

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

Jose A. Velásquez, president of Hermanos de East Austin, has registered more than 180 voters in the last three months to encourage political involvement in East Austin, Texas. Photo by Lizzie Chen/News21

Paul Saldana, a community activist who is a native of Austin, Texas, advocates for Latino voting rights. Photo by Lizzie Chen/News21

“Every month, on the national level, 50,000 Latinos become 18 and become eligible to vote, so that is 600,000 new eligible voters from the Latino communities. So clearly, they are worried about us. We have a tendency as a community to be more in line with the Democratic party, and I think Republicans are concerned about that. So we clearly represent the future, not with only the local community of this state but this nation, too … and they are concerned with our potential to affect the political landscape locally and statewide and on a national level.”

By Lizzie Chen, News21