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25 Years Later, 9/11 Brings the Mason Community Together in Service By: Tiffany Boggs, Mason Votes Contributor On September 11, 2001, America changed forever. Twenty‑five years ago, the United States endured one of the most devastating terrorist attacks in our history, cutting short thousands of innocent lives. Many students and young Americans of today were...

Insights from Professor Jennifer Victor Shed Light on the Shifting Landscape of Democracy at Mason By: Saahiti Kiran Chamala, Mason Votes Managing Editor On Tuesday, November 11th, Mason Votes sat down with Professor Jennifer Nicoll Victor, associate professor of political science in the Schar School, to explore the implications of Virginia’s recent gubernatorial election for...

Democracy Lab’s Election Night Watch Party By: Rithvik Hari, Mason Votes Contributor As polls closed on Tuesday, November 4th, the Schar School of Policy and Government’s First-Year and Upper Level Democracy Lab students gathered for a watch party to see the outcomes of each of the elections across the country. With pizza and drinks provided,...

On-Campus Voters Make Their Voices Heard in Off-Year Election Photos/Video by: Joylin Ting, Mason Votes Contributor   The Mason community turned out to Merten Hall on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 to cast their ballots for Virginia’s next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and more during an off-year election. Merten Hall is the home of Fairfax’s...

510 In-Person Votes Cast on Election Day and 26.25% Overall Voter Turnout Reported at Fairfax’s University Precinct Student Media conducted exit polling outside Merten Hall on November 4th to learn more about what issues and candidates were motivating student voters in 2025. Voters were asked to complete an anonymous exit survey after voting at Mason’s...

Partisan and Nonpartisan Groups Provided Treats for On-Campus Voters at Merten Hall By: Rithvik Hari, Mason Votes Contributor Partisan and nonpartisan student organizations lined the entrance of Merten Hall on Election Day, encouraging students to vote and offering sweet treats in return. Vote 4 Equality, GMU Dems, College Republicans, NextGen America, Student Media, and Mason...

Mason Votes will be providing LIVE election night updates throughout the evening, so keep refreshing this post for the latest news and results! By: Saahiti Kiran Chamala, Managing Editor, Gabriella Grabovska, MasonVotes Contributor and Virginia Deputy Field organizer for NextGen America, and Rithvik Hari, MasonVotes Contributor Visit the VA Dept. of Elections website for unofficial...

Virginia’s Republican Candidates Host Final Campaign Event of 2025 Election By: Rithvik Hari, Fourth Estate Staff Writer This story was originally published on gmufourthestate.com. Fourth Estate is Mason’s official student-run newspaper. With music playing and lights flashing red, white and blue, Virginia’s Republican candidates held their final campaign rally of the election cycle on Nov....

Vice President Rose Pascarell Reflects on Mason’s Legacy of Empowering Student Voters By: Saahiti Kiran Chamala, Mason Votes Managing Editor On November 3rd, Mason Votes met with Vice President for University Life Rose Pascarell to discuss George Mason University’s continued dedication to civic engagement, the evolution of student voter participation, and how Mason Votes helps...

Continuing Connolly’s Legacy and Engaging Mason Students in the 2025 Election By: Saahiti Kiran Chamala, Mason Votes Managing Editor On Friday, October 31st, Saahiti Kiran Chamala, Managing Editor for Mason Votes, conducted an interview with U.S. Representative James Walkinshaw (VA-11), whose district includes Mason’s Fairfax campus. Walkinshaw was elected to Congress in a special election...

Spanberger Attends Event Recognizing the Local Asian American and Pacific Islander Community By: Rithvik Hari, Fourth Estate Staff Writer This story was originally published on gmufourthestate.com. Fourth Estate is Mason’s official student-run newspaper. With election day right around the corner, candidates are making their final rounds throughout the state with the intention of locking in...

Registered Voters at Share Motivations Ahead of Tuesday’s Election By: Rithvik Hari, Mason Votes Contributor During the September 2025 special election in Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, only 138 ballots were cast out of 2,132 registered voters in Mason’s precinct, a voter turnout of just 6.4% With another statewide election approaching on Nov. 4, some students...