Paletas, prizes and a pop quiz: Election Day events in Brownsville

Mathematics freshman Amalia Garcia (left) and history freshman Jackie Rivera answer an Election Day trivia question posed by Vaqueros Vote Tuesday during Paletas at the Polls in the Main Building Courtyard on the Brownsville campus. Venisha Colón/THE RIDER

International business junior Antonio Estrada (left) helps criminal justice freshman Erica Perez spin a prize wheel Tuesday at the Vaqueros Vote Paletas at the Polls event in the Main Building Courtyard on the Brownsville campus. Venisha Colón/THE RIDER

Exercise science junior Victoria Garcia picks up a popsicle Tuesday at the Vaqueros Vote Paletas at the Polls event in the Main Building Courtyard on the Brownsville campus. Venisha Colón/THE RIDER

International business junior Antonio Estrada (left) and environmental science senior Savannah Zarate celebrate Zarate’s prize win on the wheel Tuesday at the Paletas at the Polls event hosted by Vaqueros Vote in the Main Building Courtyard on the Brownsville campus Venisha Colón/THE RIDER

Texas Southmost College general studies sophomore Carlos Cuellar holds his head in shock Tuesday as he is told that the UTRGV Brownsville campus is not a polling location for Election Day during the Vaqueros Vote Paletas at the Polls event in the Main Building Courtyard on the Brownsville campus. Venisha Colón/THE RIDER

Texas Coordinator for VoteRiders Vicente Martinez Jr. (left) and Texas Rising regional program coordinator Estrella Torres assist exercise science freshman Luis Delgado with completing a pledge card at an Election Day tabling event hosted by Texas Rising on Tuesday outside the University Library on the Brownsville campus. Venisha Colón/THE RIDER

Political science sophomore Reynaldo Rodriguez (left) and biology sophomore Constanza Arriaga grab snacks at an Election Day tabling event hosted by Texas Rising on Tuesday outside the University Library on the Brownsville campus. Venisha Colón/THE RIDER

Management sophomores Jorge Gonzalez (left) and Hazael Zuñiga visit an Election Day tabling event hosted by the Texas Rising chapter at UTRGV on Tuesday outside the University Library on the Brownsville campus. Venisha Colón/THE RIDER