BOULDER, Colo. -- With less than three weeks to Election Day, many out-of-state students attending Colorado colleges and universities are ready to cast their ballots as registered Colorado voters.

"I felt my vote would have more meaning in Colorado," said Zach Simon-Alexander, a senior at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Simon-Alexander is from Bethesda, Md., but registered to vote in Colorado's elections. He said he wanted his vote to count in Colorado.

"I think Maryland in this election is going to go Democratic, and a lot more of the region, including Virginia, will too hopefully, and I think Colorado is right on the cusp," Simon-Alexander said.

He's not alone either. CU Freshman Jenna Myer said she registered to vote in Colorado shortly after arriving from California.

"The first week I was here I was like,'Switch me over,' because it's a swing state," Myer said Wednesday.

Elizabeth Clarity, from Minnesota, said she was approached numerous times by people asking if she was registered in Colorado.

"Everyone on campus had people asking, 'Are you registered to vote?' At first I was like, 'Oh, I'm registered at home, I'm going to do the absentee ballot.' Then I was like, 'No, wait, I'm re-registering, actually," Clarity said.

"They're frequently from states that aren't particularly close," said political science professor Dr. Ken Bickers.

Bickers explained that students are eligible to vote in Colorado, or their home state, but not both.

He said he's heard from many out-of-state students who say they want their vote to have more of an impact, so they registered in Colorado prior to the deadline for the upcoming general election.

"It's more fun to be in a state, if you're interested in politics, where there's a lot of politics going on," Bickers said.

Bickers said there's been overwhelming support for Sen. Barack Obama on CU's campus, but students supporting Sen. John McCain are making their voices heard too.

"I think it's interesting how many students are so into the issues, and so informed," said Courtney Kelley, a CU student and McCain supporter.

Simon-Alexander was clearly backing Obama, and hoped his vote cast in Colorado will tip the political scale.

"For younger voters, it's obviously one of the biggest elections of all of our lifetime," Simon-Alexander said.