Civic Engagement Alliance Vice President of education Samuel Valdez (from left), Ambassador Sofia Urcuyo and President Osvaldo Grimaldo get ready for the voter registration drive last Wednesday on the Student Union Patio on the Edinburg campus. More than 50 UTRGV campus community members attended “Game Day,” a voter registration drive, last Wednesday afternoon on the Student Union Patio at the Edinburg campus. Fatima Gamez Lopez/The Rider
Electrical engineering sophomore Carlos Castillo registers to vote Tuesday at the “Game Day” voter registration drive held by UTRGV’s Civic Engagement Alliance (CEA) on the Brownsville campus. Last Thursday was the deadline to register to vote for the May 7 “statewide Constitutional Amendment election, as well as local elections for municipalities, school districts and other local entities holding elections,” according to the Texas Secretary of State website.
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Civic Engagement Alliance President Osvaldo Grimaldo (left) helps Jesus Villegas, a music education freshman, to register to vote last Wednesday on the Student Union Patio on the Edinburg campus. UTRGV’s CEA conducted “Game Day,” a voter registration drive last Tuesday in the Courtyard on the Brownsville campus and Wednesday in the Chapel Lawn on the Edinburg campus in light of the last day to register to vote, April 7, to be eligible “to vote in the May 7 statewide Constitutional Amendment election, as well as local elections for municipalities, school districts and other local entities holding elections,” according to the Texas Secretary of State website.
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