The ladies of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Theta Zeta chapter held a Voter’s Right’s seminar last Wednesday night called “Change is Gonna Come.” The seminar contained valuable information for potential voters.

Senior Pharmacy major, Courtney Mitchell, says the sorority wanted to hold this event to “get people informed and aware.”

Mitchell feels that a lot of students on campus are not aware as to how to vote, who to vote for and even how to vote away from home and this seminar would help them with that.

Many citizens do not vote for a variety of reasons. Some feel that their vote does not matter while others claim to not have rides to the polls. Others claim that the voting process takes too long.

Guest speaker, Danielle Staten, says that these excuses are easily overcome.

The voting registration process takes a maximum of five minutes and it can also be done online. To those who claim they do not have a ride to the poll Staten encourages them to vote by Absentee ballot which could either be mailed to you or completed online.

For those who claim that their vote does not matter, Staten encourages them to go out and vote any way because every vote counts.

Staten recommends that the students “educate yourselves” before going out to vote.

Senior Criminal Justice major, Carmessia Page attended the seminar in the hopes of getting more insight on voting as well as to gather more voting tips.

Page, a registered voter since the age of 18 says, “I pride myself in my personal knowledge when it comes to researching candidates in each election before voting.”

When asked what she looks for in a candidate Page replied, “The main thing I keep track of during the elections is how the candidates govern themselves during debates, and their social, economic and political stance.”

When prompted about the seminar Page says, “After attending the forum presented by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Theta Zeta chapter and Lambda Rho I feel more confident in my future voting decision for the 2016 Presidential election.”

When thinking about who to vote for it is important to think about what the potential candidate can do for you. For students it is important to listen to the candidates ideas on crime rates, food prices, taxes and education because these are all things that will affect you.