Sacramento State students began voting for Associated Student representatives Tuesday at 8 a.m.

Child development major Julz Sumodublla, a junior, said that this year’s candidates were more vocal about their campaign but only publicized to certain groups on campus.

“This year has a lot more publicity than prior years. But people don’t know about who is running unless you are in that person’s organization,” said Sumodublla.

Choosing to research the candidates and their views comes with age and appreciation of the process, explained communications senior Richelle Hadley.

“Being here longer has made me want to vote. I’m more motivated now than I was three years ago as a freshman,” said Hadley.

Hadley said that it is a duty to vote because the changes installed from previous generations, such as the Well, have impacted her experience and the changes she votes for will impact future generations.

“(I am) helping the next generation of Sac State by voting,” said Hadley.

Some students still think publicity for voting and candidate coverage could be improved. Journalism junior Alyson Poveola said that it does not matter whether students vote or not.

“I think it doesn’t matter because some students didn’t even know there was an election going on,” Poveola said.

Poveloa went on to say that social media could have been used better by the people running, giving students no excuse to know what was going on. Poveola also said that there is a disconnect between students running and students voting.

“They think we don’t care about what is going on because we don’t vote but we do care. We just don’t know what is going on,” Poveola said.