UCLA is preparing for the visit of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul to its campus Wednesday evening.

The 12-term Texas congressman, who is campaigning against Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich for the GOP nomination, is visiting three college campuses in California this week.

The town hall-style meeting, which will take place at 7 p.m. at Straus Stadium at the Los Angeles Tennis Center on the UCLA campus, has been organized by Youth for Ron Paul, which has more than 591 chapters on college campuses throughout the country and a membership approaching 60,000.

There are almost 60 chapters in California. The UCLA chapter, which is the campaign’s fifth largest with 1,402 members, had originally planned for the rally to be held at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center but was moved to the larger venue after receiving more than 4,900 RSVPs.

According to the website for Youth for Ron Paul, the organization’s goal is “to identify, recruit, educate and mobilize students and young activists to elect Ron Paul President of the United States.”