Get ready to vote

Exercise science freshman Ayssa Melchor (right) shows Leadership and Mentoring student employee Manlio Muñiz her student ID during National Voter Registration Day last Tuesday on the Brownsville campus. Also shown is Student Activities employee Dolores Gutierrez. ROXANNA MIRANDA/THE RIDER

Sophomore Carlos Vaquera registers to vote Tuesday on the Edinburg campus. Vaquera was one of the students who took part in the Vaqueros Vote event on National Voter Registration Day. FERNANDO RAMIREZ/THE RIDER

Student Involvement Assistant Director Lauren Contreras (right) helps international business freshman Grecia Treviño to register to vote. During the event, students were able to find out if their voter status was active. FERNANDO RAMIREZ/THE RIDER