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Student Organizations Pack Merten Hall on Election Day 2025
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 […]
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LIVE Election Updates: 2025
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 […]
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GOP Candidates Make Final Push in Manassas, VA
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 […]
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Mason’s Ongoing Commitment to Civic Engagement
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 […]
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Mason Votes Interview: Rep. James Walkinshaw
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 […]
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Kamala Harris Campaigns for Terry McAuliffe in Dumfries, VA
Top Democrats Join Virginia’s 2021 Gubernatorial Race By: Alex Russell, Mason Votes Alumni Contributor DUMFRIES, VA — Recent polling data shows support for Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin split almost down the middle in the final week of the campaign. As national scrutiny of the Commonwealth’s high-stakes gubernatorial contest increases by the day,...
Interview with Jean Thoensen
A Passion for Voting Inspired This Mason Student to Become a Fairfax County Election Officer By: Meg Thornberry, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team Jean Thoensen started working as an election officer because a neighbor invited her to. The next year, she took over from that neighbor as chief election officer. Eight years later, she...
Does Terry McAuliffe Have an Incumbency Advantage?
Serving Two Terms as Virginia’s Governor is a Rare Phenomenon By: Jacob Pritchard, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team Terry McAuliffe holds a strong and unique advantage coming into Virginia’s 2021 gubernatorial election. This is because he served a previous term as governor from 2014-2018. Two things of note arise from this fact. There is...
Is Virginia Still a National Bellwether?
Trends Suggest a Future More Blue Than Purple By: Jacob Pritchard, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team Virginia was a big deal. Arguably, it was politically the most important in the nation. Virginia’s “big deal” status remained true due to its membership in the exclusive club of “purple states,” states who do not typically stick...
Virginia’s Final Week of Early In-Person Voting
Saturday, October 30th is the Final Day to Vote Early In Person! With the deadline to register to vote or request an absentee ballot behind us, Virginia is entering the final week of early in-person voting. In-person early voting begins 45 days before the election (September 17, 2021 through October 30, 2021). Learn More: fairfaxcounty.gov/elections/early-voting...
Lack of Choice Leads to a Search for Solutions
Voters Want More Third Party Options By: Jack Houston, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team In 2017, the year of the last Virginia gubernatorial election, an NBC News/GenForward Poll showed that 71% of millennials believed that at least a third major political party was needed in the U.S. Current polls suggest that that trend hasn’t...
2021 Pocket Guide for Virginia Voters
2021 Pocket Guide for Virginia Voters Courtesy of the Virginia Department of Elections. Learn more: vote.virginia.gov Click here to download the 2021 “Pocket Guide for Voters” as a PDF > (En Español) (Tiếng Việt) (한 국어) Click the images below to enlarge.
What Does the Lieutenant Governor Do? (and Who’s Running?)
Two Women of Color Vie for Lieutenant Governor in Historic Race By: Alex Russell, Mason Votes Alumni Contributor The 2021 Virginia General Election will take place on Tuesday, November 2, but in-person early voting is already underway in the Commonwealth (September 17th was the first day of early voting). The last day for early, in-person...
VP Kamala Harris Visits Mason on National Voter Registration Day
Vice Presidential Visit Spotlights Student Civic Engagement FAIRFAX, VA — Vice President Kamala Harris visited George Mason University’s Fairfax campus on Tuesday, September 28th to commemorate National Voter Registration Day and encourage students to vote: “Democracy is at its strongest when everyone participates.” “Elections matter. Your organizing ability and your power really matters.” Harris began...