U.S. Senator Ken Salazar stops in Colorado Springs to promote Obama, early voting.

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- U.S. Senator Ken Salazar made a stop in Colorado Springs Monday morning to promote early voting. The senator hosted an early vote walk at Colorado College.

Monday is the first day for early voting in Colorado. The polls will be open through October 31.

Early voters can cast their ballot downtown at Centennial Hall, at the Clerk and Recorder's office inside the Chapel Hills Mall, or at their Powers branch off Powers Blvd. and Airport Road.

"We are trying to set an example for the rest of El Paso County and the rest of Colorado that voting really matters and is important for everybody," Mark Nueman-Lee said.

Neuman-Lee is a senior at Colorado College and the Campus Obama Coordinator. He spent the day signing students up for their "Early Vote March."

To kick off the walk, Senator Salazar addressed his alma mater as part of a statewide tour.

"A presidential election only comes every four years, and this is an incredibly important election, Colorado is at the epicenter of it, and it is really important for people to start voting," Senator Salazar said.

During his brief speech, the senator urged students and community members to cast their ballots before October 31. He said he supports Barack Obama for president.

"In my point of view, I think we need the change that Senator Obama promises, the change in health care, foreign policy, economics, middle class tax relief, that is the kind of agenda the United States of America needs," Senator Salazar said.

With his ballot already cast, the senator said he is going to campaign for Obama until election day. As for Neuman-Lee, he said the youth vote could make all the difference on November 4.

"The youth of America are so important to the election, and they care about the future of this country, and they are going to turn out in numbers and let their voices be heard," Nueman-Lee said.