After two minutes, red lights popped up on the voting machine. As simple as that, Christian Anderson had voted for the first time.

On Tuesday, the sophomore accounting major left to vote for the first time around 2:30 p.m.

Together, he and his roommate went to a Newburgh voting center.

“Surprisingly enough, the place was empty,” Anderson said.

He said he wasn’t worried about the voting process so much as the lines and waiting.

Along with the majority of Indiana, Anderson voted for presidential candidate Mitt Romney, and he considers himself an informed voter, he said.

“Deep down I’m a conservative, and I don’t like how Obama’s been running the country so far,” Anderson said.

Sophomore political science major Cody Ruff sported a blue polo while watching the polls come in Tuesday night. He also voted Tuesday afternoon.

Ruff returned home to Newburgh, where his father was ready to vote too, he said.

“We went to vote together at this rehab center,” Ruff said.

The process was pretty easy using the electric machines, he said.

Ruff said he voted for Obama.

“I believe that no one can really fix the world in four years,” Ruff said. “I think that if he gets a little bit more time and everything, I think he will boost the economy and do better than Romney would. I think Obama’s a better fit for us.”

Sophomore engineering and economics major Tyler Fitzsimmons voted early a week ago.

He said he voted mostly Republicans, as well as for Mitt Romney.

“I think he’s the best presidential candidate,” Fitzsimmons said. “I’m not a big fan of Barack Obama, especially after these last four years – it was even more decisive for me. I don’t like how the country’s going. The additional deficit is ridiculous. Mitt Romney’s business sense and moral obligations are much more how I believe.”

He said he wouldn’t be surprised if the election results would take awhile, “especially with what happened in New York.”

“I think there’s going to be a call for a recount, no matter who wins,” Fitzsimmons said.

Sophomore history and political science major Jordan Niemeier voted two weeks ago.

“I didn’t want to be around the voting polls with all the people and tensions running high,” Niemeier said.

This was Niemeier’s first time voting for a presidential candidate, and she said she also voted for Mitt Romney.

She said she was glad Romney won Indiana’s electoral votes, but she was not surprised about it.

“I believe Barack Obama is not going to help this country at all,” she said. “I want a country where I can move up from middle class to upper class and I believe with Romney as president, that dream can come true. “