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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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Election News Archive
National Voter Registration Day 2021
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay is Tuesday, September 28, 2021! Are you registered? Tuesday, October 12, 2021 is the deadline to register to vote or update an existing registration. Learn more: elections.virginia.gov/registration There’s no time like NOW to make sure you are registered to vote or to update your voter registration with your current address. Visit vote.gov to find...
Mason Recognized As “Voter-Friendly Campus”
Strong Student Voter Turnout Earns Mason ‘Voter-Friendly’ Campus Recognition By: Jeanene Harris, Communication Officer/Mobile Journalist, Office of Communications This story was originally published on March 17th, 2021. George Mason University, the largest and most diverse public research university in the Commonwealth of Virginia, was named a “Voter Friendly Campus” as the result of a campus-wide strategy to increase...
Northam Says “Yes” to Marijuana Legalization in Virginia
Racial Justice Advocates Call for Equitable Distribution of Tax Revenue By: Zoe Hundertmark, Guest Contributor, COMM 145 (Newspaper Workshop I) Student November’s election included big wins for the legalization of marijuana and decriminalization of drugs, with a host of ballot measures passing in multiple states. New Jersey, Arizona, South Dakota, and Montana all passed legislation...
Conceding the Presidency More Than an Antiquated Political Tradition
A Peaceful Transition is Essential to the American Experiment By: Alex Russell, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team The mechanics of the peaceful transfer of power of the U.S. presidency to a new administration is something we don’t think about very often. Every four years, we take for granted that the candidate who doesn’t win...
The Other Big Winner in 2020: Legal Marijuana
Five States Approve Marijuana Legalization Measures By: Derek Bowers, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team As the dust settles on the 2020 presidential election, another winner emerges to join President-Elect Biden, legalized marijuana. Through state ballot questions presented to voters, four states voted to legalize recreational marijuana for its citizens, and by healthy margins. Voters...
How Did Mason Vote in 2020?
Joseph Robinette Biden is President-Elect and Kamala Devi Harris is Vice President-Elect After a tense week of ballot counting and uncertainty, Democrat Joseph Robinette Biden was elected the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, November 7th as it became clear he had secured the 270 electoral college votes necessary to defeat Republican incumbent...
Watch: LIVE 2020 Coverage!
Students from Mason Cable Network and Mason Votes Collaborate on LIVE 2020 Election Night Broadcast Watch individual interviews with Mason experts: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-nrkJmJOwW38RppNZL9M7Pr7MhZM7QUI Watch the full broadcast via YouTube below (youtube.com/MasonCableNetwork): youtube.com/watch?v=tr3p2tKmEFs&feature=emb_title
Q&A: GMU for Biden Student Organization
“Joe and Kamala will lead with grace, intelligence, and empathy” Interview by: Orlando Cabrera, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team Q: Mason for Joe is an organization operating at one of the few in-person schools this semester, George Mason University. Despite COVID-19 spikes in Virginia and elsewhere, your group seems particularly active in an otherwise...
On-Campus 2020 Election Night Watch Party
Registration Required! 7-11pm in The Hub Ballroom If you are on the Fairfax campus and want to watch results with others, RSVP for Mason’s Election Night Watch Party: masonvotes.gmu.edu/events/election-night-watch-party 7-11pm | The Hub Ballroom & Corner Pocket | Fairfax Campus FREE Wing Zone & Snacks! RSVP via Mason360: cglink.me/r872032
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Important 2026 Deadlines & Voting Info
November 3rd General & Special Elections:
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- Sept. 18: First day of early in-person voting. Click here to find your local registrar’s office >
- Oct. 23: Deadline to register to vote or verify an existing registration in Virginia. Click here to register or verify >
- Oct 23: Deadline to apply for a ballot to be mailed to you. Click here to learn more about absentee voting >
- Oct. 31: Last day of in-person early voting. Click here to find early voting locations >
- Nov. 3: ELECTION DAY, polls open 6am-7pm in Virginia. Anyone in line at 7:00 p.m. will be allowed to vote.



