 Well today is National Voter Registration Day and Central Lakes College hosted a unique event to encourage students to register to vote. Our reporter Rachel Johnson has more. Music filled the South Hall at CLC today as students attended a new event, rock the vote. So our main goal today is to try to get the younger generation to be able to turn into lifelong voters to understand everybody's political platform and help them become more aware of what is going on and how people are trying to fix it. We've invited the League of Women Voters to help us register students and we've had some live music today. We've got a couple from Nashville that are doing just a great job performing today. Students were able to register, listen to live music and also mingle with candidates running in local elections. Not many people actually know what their candidates in their area are so today's focus is mostly the Brainerd area and part of Minnesota. Voting is your voice in the government and it isn't just federal elections. You may feel disenfranchised voting in federal elections but your local elections are very important. A free lunch was offered as an incentive to register. Once students registered to vote or proved that they were registered in their hometown they were able to go through the line and receive a free rot or hot dog. The CLC Student Senate put on the event because they see how important it is for college students to vote. I think they are kind of a I wouldn't say forgotten population but a population that just doesn't get the same kind of press and the same kind of attention from candidates and political parties so I think it's really important to start establishing ourselves as a group that we you know we have needs too. We have you know issues that are important to us. Rock the Vote was a huge success and they saw a much higher turnout than they were expecting. It's more important to get college students out to vote because they are the future generation and it will make a better tomorrow for everyone who is voting and everyone's voice is important and every vote is important too. They hope to continue this momentum all the way until the November 6th general election. Go register and go vote. Reporting from Brainerd, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. The CLC Student Senate will be holding another event coming up called Pizza to the Poles where free pizza and free rides will be provided for students to the Crow and County courthouse to cast their vote. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.