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A Mason Professor’s Perspective on Election Night 2020 By: Safiya Khan, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team As election night looms a mere eleven days away, we were able to sit down with Dr. Jennifer Nicoll Victor from the Schar School of Policy and Government and hear her perspective and predictions regarding election night and...

Day 3 Recap (Wednesday, October 14, 2020) By: Orlando Cabrera, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation vote to join the Supreme Court got one step closer today as Democrats boycotted the Judiciary Committee’s voice vote to send her nomination to the floor of the Senate. Even though the final day of...

The final 2020 presidential debate is happening tonight, Thursday, October 22, at 9pm! If you’re on the Fairfax campus, stop by the Corner Pocket in The Hub (middle level) to watch the live event with others! Click here for more info. Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020 Time: 9-10:30pm (90-minute debate format) Debate Location: Nashville, TN...

Are Protests to Blame for Recent Spikes in Violent Crime? By: Noah Panchure, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team On October 15th, we were supposed to witness the second of three planned presidential debates. However, after failed attempt to continue with the event in a virtual format, both candidates set up dueling town hall events...

Are Protests to Blame for Recent Spikes in Violent Crime? By: Noah Panchure, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team There is no doubt that political engagement has increased this year. We have seen citizens from all races, ages, genders, and backgrounds become politically active, especially teenagers and young adults. It began when COVID-19 reached the...

The Vice President and the People By: Nadia Faour, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team With less than three weeks until the election, the Commission on Presidential Debates announced that the second presidential debate was canceled after a failed attempt to continue with the event in a virtual format following Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis...

Day 2 Recap (Tuesday, October 13, 2020) By: Safiya Khan, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team On Tuesday, October 13th, Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett sat for the second day of hearings in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee for over eleven hours, portraying herself as an independent judge lacking an agenda. Here are...

Mike Pence and Kamala Harris Debate in Utah By: Nadia Faour, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team A lot has changed since September 29th when Trump and Biden faced off in the first presidential debate of the 2020 election. (One Mason student described that event as “the most aggressive presidential debate” they had ever seen)....

Students describe how they felt after watching Donald Trump and Joe Biden go head-to-head during the debate on Sept. 29 By: Sudiksha Kochi, Fourth Estate Staff Writer This story was originally published on gmufourthestate.com. Fourth Estate is Mason’s official student-run newspaper. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Republican President Donald Trump faced off in the...

Early and Absentee Voting is Already Underway in Virginia By: Derek Bowers, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team With the November 3rd less than 30 days away, now is the time to make your plan to vote. The state of Virginia offers early voting both in person and through absentee (mail in) ballots. To register...

Pence and Harris Face Off in Salt Lake City By: Jayla Brown, Mason Votes 2020 Online Editorial Team With only 27 days left until the 2020 Presidential Election, the debates are dominating the conversation and tension is high for tonight’s vice presidential face off in Salt Lake City, Utah. On Wednesday, October 7, 2020, at...