Zach Braff, star of TV’s “Scrubs” and the film “Garden State,” came to campus on Saturday to rally the early vote for Barack Obama. About 100 students attended.

“This is one of the last battleground states,” Braff said on the steps of Margery Reed Hall, while encouraging students to vote early. “You can be singlehandedly responsible for swinging the state blue,” he said.

Students for Barack Obama brought Braff to campus as part of an early vote rally and march, helping students avoid election day lines and still vote at the polls.

Colorado is one of 32 states that endorse early voting. Voters were allowed to vote as early as last week, and will be able to so through Halloween, if not on Election Day or through mail-in ballot.

Braff emphasized that voting early would free students up to help others get out the vote on Nov. 4. By voting early, “You can really get out there on Election Day and make a difference,” he said.

It wasn’t always serious campaign talk, though.

“I’m going to find each and every person who didn’t vote if McCain wins. It will take a while, but I will,” Braff said.

After speaking to the crowd for about 10 minutes, Braff joined the group in marching down East Evans Avenue toward DU’s closest early vote center at Harvard Gulch Recreation Center on East Illiff Ave.

In an interview afterward, Braff said he really enjoyed himself.

“It was awesome…I love seeing politically active students who are impassioned by a candidate,” he said. “Barack Obama is the first candidate in a really long time to electrify students, and he needs every single vote.

Devin Pitts-Rogers, a sophomore, participated in the rally and the march. “It was fun to be a part of something like this,” he said.

He was also happy to see Braff, but hopes that “it wasn’t just star power that brought people out to vote.”

Josh Kroot, a freshman, was glad to see Braff, but even happier to be able to vote after the march. As a first-time voter from Illinois, Kroot has only lived in Colorado since September, but says he’s glad to be voting here.

“Being a battleground state, my vote may count more here,” he said.

Denis Illige-Saucier, a second year masters student, also attended the event. Although he was glad to get out and vote, he thought that the march was kind of small in comparison to the rally.

“I think the organizers kind of undersold how much of a walk it was going to be,” he said, thinking of the 1.5 miles the early vote center is from campus.

“It was a little long,” said Zoee Turrill, a senior. But, she said it was “fun to make a statement about the youth vote on the march.”

Although not all students who rallied with Braff continued on the march, those who did gathered “random people to join,” she said.

“I made sure that those people voted,” she said, remarking on some people who joined the march after coming out of a coffee shop on East Evans Avenue.

Braff, who had encouraged students to rally more people, was pleased.

“My hope, and my goal, is to get as many people out there to vote as possible [and today] I think we’re doing that,” he said.

Students for Barack Obama is organizing more get-out-the-vote events for this week, including a visit by Kevin Costner to campus on Tuesday afternoon.

They are also coordinating with the voter outreach group, “Trick or Vote” to host a Halloween-themed early vote concert and march, beginning on Friday at 10:30 a.m. on Driscoll Green.

DU Republicans don’t have any plans to bring campaigns to campus, but members are putting in volunteer hours at an off-campus campaign office on South University Boulevard.

They will also be going door-to-door in Denver neighborhoods, encouraging voters, especially independent ones, to vote for Republicans on the local, state and national levels.