The voter registration deadline for the fall election is rapidly approaching.
Voters must register for the Aug. 24 primary elections by Monday, which is also the last day for voters to change party affiliation.
Some of the offices voters can expect to see on their ballots are U.S. senator, governor, attorney general, county commissioner, county judge and school board.
Pam Carpenter, Alachua County supervisor of elections, said it is important for everyone to vote.
"It's our opportunity to have our voice be heard, and to choose candidates who are going to represent us in the way we want to be represented," she said.
Registration forms are available at VoteAlachua.com, she said. Forms can be filled out online but must be printed, signed and mailed or brought to the supervisor of elections office, located at 111 SE First Ave.
If a form is mailed, it must be postmarked by Monday for the voter to be eligible to participate in the primary election.
Recently, voter registration levels have been slowly increasing, Carpenter said.
She said she wants students to remember they must vote in the precinct of their residency.
If students change their residence to Alachua County, they need to register here, she said. If students aren't changing their residence, then they need to request an absentee ballot so they can vote while they are in school.
Dayna Firth, a 21-year-old political science major, said students should vote because she believes it's their most fundamental right as Americans.
She said students should register to vote to "ensure that your voice makes a difference in the future of our nation."
Firth is the secretary for the UF College Democrats and the vice president for the Florida College Democrats.
"It is our duty to protect our interests as students, locally and nationally," she said.
