Every vote counts

As students we complain about high tuition rates and textbook prices; however, according to a recent survey conducted on campus by the News-Register, students are also concerned with immigration and the Texas border.

But if students are so concerned about these issues, why are they not registering to vote? According to national statistics, the number of voters between the ages of 18 and 21 are low. A state election is coming up Nov. 7, and the four candidates who are running for governor are addressing each of these issues.

Rick Perry
www.rickperry.org

• Wants more money for schools;
• Favors placing National Guard on
our borders;
• Wants more money to fund surveillance cameras on our borders.

Kinky Friedman
www.kinkyfriedman.com

• Wants to decrease dropout rates in public schools;
• Raise teacher salaries;
• Develop a plan to control the entry of undocumented immigrants with partnerships with New Mexico and Arizona.

Carole Keeton Strayhorn
www.carolekeetonstrayhorn.com

• Proposes education plan called TexasNextStep, allowing all students who graduate high school to attend a two-year college for free;
• Freeze tuition rates;
• Make textbooks tax free.

Chris Bell
www.chrisbell.com

• Regulate tuition;
• Make textbooks tax free;
• Give funding to public universities to keep their high standards;
• Defend the TEXAS Grant Program.

Becoming a registered voter is as easy as going to your local post office, library or high school to fill out a voter registration card. Or visit www.state.tx.us and request a postage-paid voter registration card via mail.