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Early In-Person Voting Has Begun
Vote Early in Virginia Until October 31st By: Rithvik Hari, Mason Votes Contributor You don’t have to wait until Nov. 3 to vote. Early in-person […]
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Can I Still Vote by Mail? (Yes!)
SCOTUS Blocks New Restrictions for 2026 Elections By: Andrew Nick, Mason Votes Contributor There’s been a lot of confusion lately about mail-in ballots, but voters […]
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Meet the Candidates 2026: VA 11th Congressional District
Three Options for Fairfax Voters By: Tiffany Boggs, Mason Votes Contributor With the 2026 midterm elections less than 40 days away, voters in Virginia’s 11th […]
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Where Can I Vote as a Mason Student?
If You Live On Campus in Fairfax, You Can Vote @ Merten Hall! By: Erica Munisar, Mason Votes Contributor Mason students living on the Fairfax […]
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Campus Groups Collaborate on National Voter Registration Day
Are YOU Registered to VOTE? By: Breeze Lawless, Mason Votes Contributor In honor of National Voter Registration Day and Disability Voting Rights Week, student organizations […]
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Meet the Candidates 2026: Warner vs. Mizusawa
VA Senate Candidates Offer Competing Visions for the Commonwealth By: Tiffany Boggs, Mason Votes Contributor With the 2026 midterm elections less than 50 days away, […]
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GMU Chapter of NAACP: “What’s Your Stance?” Series
Photo by Frank Ross| BigGovernment.com On Thursday, October 4, the day after the first presidential debate the George Mason chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) held their first segment of their “What’s Your Stance” series leading up to the November 6 Presidential Election. Mason students met with Mike Everest,...
Biden Defends Obama in Last Night’s Debate
If you watched last week’s debate between President Obama and Governor Mitt Romney you may have notice that Obama did not bring up many arguments in his debate. In last night’s debate with Vice President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, the Vice President made many of the arguments that the president failed to make...
Paul Ryan and Joe Biden Clash in VP Debate Tonight
Seven-term Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan will make his national debate debut tonight as he steps on the same stage as the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden. Ryan and Biden will only have this one encounter on a debate stage this election cycle. Four years ago, Biden went toe-to-toe with Alaska Gov. Sarah...
Debate Watch Party Tomorrow
Cover Photo Taken by: Jasmine Young (last debate watch) The Second Debate Watch party will take place tomorrow in the J.C Atrium. There was a huge turnout at the first debate watch party last week. Tomorrow’s debate will be between Vice- President Joe Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan. The topics for this debate are foreign and domestic policy. Moderating the debate is...
Supreme Court Takes Up Affirmative Action Case
The cover photo is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Abigail Fisher is a native of Sugar Land, Texas and was denied admissions as an undergrad applicant to the University of Texas at Austin. She accuses the University of Texas of illegally discriminating against her. Fisher accuses them because she was a part of a pool...
Voter Registration Deadline October 15, 2012
The deadline to register to vote in Virginia is Monday October 15, 2012. Lauren Poe with Mason Votes explains how you can register to vote on campus, where you can vote on November 6, and what you need to bring to the polls. [youtube]http://youtu.be/nKa73KL7h90[/youtube]
Role of Religion in Presidential Election
GMU Arlington Campus Event, October 11, 2012, Founders Hall, 6 – 7:15pm
Student Reactions to the Obama rally at Mason
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEkXERxOYDY[/youtube] Mason Votes caught up with a few students to hear their reactions and thoughts on the morning’s rally. On Friday, October 5, President Barack Obama visited George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Speaking to a crowd of 1935, Consisting of Mason students, faculty and other supporters from the area, President Obama laid out his...
President Obama Talks Jobs and the Economy at Mason
[youtube]http://youtu.be/qMo_ae1JnRI[/youtube] Photo By: Stephen Kline/Broadside President Barack Obama held a campaign Rally on Friday, October 5, at George Mason University. The event took place on Mason’s Fairfax campus at the Center for the Arts. The President spoke to a crowd of 1,935 students, faculty, staff, and other supporters from the Northern Virginia area. Before the...
Unemployment Rate Falls to 7.8%
October 5, 2012 marked the first Friday of the month meaning the release of another jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. The report showed the economy added 114,000 jobs in the month of September and the unemployment rate falling to 7.8%. Mitt Romney and his campaign have been critical of the unemployment rate...
Jill Stein: Green Party
Jill is a Green Party Presidential Candidate, a “mother, physician, longtime teacher of internal medicine, and pioneering environmental-health advocate,” as stated in her biography on her campaign website. She co-authored, In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development as well as Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging. These are two widely-praised reports...
A Conversation About National Debt
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down and talk about our country’s national debt with Dr. Don Boudreaux, an economics professor here at George Mason University. He is a former chairman of the economics department and was also the president of the Foundation for Economic Freedom. Dr. Boudreaux is considered an expert in his...
