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Stephen Colbert on Rally to Restore Sanity, or Fear

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From Broadside By Sonya Hudson It’s not possible to rally for sanity, according to Stephen Colbert. “I don’t think it’s possible to get excited about moderate behavior,” said Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.” “It’s a paradox I don’t understand. Are you going to get extremely moderate at the rally? No. You’ve got to get jacked up about something. That’s why I’m offering fear as something to get…

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Your Chance to Amend the Virginia Constitution

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This Tuesday, Virginia voters will have the opportunity to vote on three constitutional amendments. Ballots will include three questions that specify which article of the Constitution is up for change and the change that is being considered. The questions are listed and explained below.

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College Republicans and Democrats Debate Issues Tonight

With just five days before voters head to the polls in this year’s midterm election, the Mason chapter of College Republicans and College Democrats will debate political issues tonight.

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For College Kids, Voting Is So Two Years Ago

The Obamamania that swept college campuses two years ago, spurring millions of young people to vote, volunteer, and lobby their parents to change their minds, now looks like a bubble that has burst.

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Patriots’ Campaign Slogans

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George Mason University students display their campaign slogans

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Connolly, Fimian Fight Dirty

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As the Nov. 2 election quickly approaches, the two have been the stars of an all-out negative ad blitz.

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Vote Vans to Take Students to Polls

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Vote Vans, an initiative started by Zach Golden and Claire Forman in 2007, is coming back again this year to help students make voting easier. It will be shuttling students from Mason to W.T Woodson High School where they will be able to vote. Vote Vans will have a tent set up in the grassy area between Enterprise Hall and Science and Tech II and also at the Sandy Creek…

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Mason Votes is Back!

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It’s that time of the year again and Mason Votes is back! Election Day is coming up in less than a month and Mason Votes is prepared to have students pumped up and ready to vote! College-aged students are one of the most apathetic age groups when it comes to voting, but the last presidential election definitely turned over a new leaf. It got the masses excited. It got us…

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ELECTION RESULTS

Election results as provided by the Virginia State Board of Elections

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Students Ride the Mason Vote Van to Polls

George Mason University student exits the Mason Vote Van

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