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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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Election News Archive
President Obama Addresses the UN
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ijBilki-I[/youtube] On Tuesday, September 25, 2012, President Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly for the last time before the election in November. He used this time as an opportunity to criticize the anti-Islamic video that had created violent anti-American protests throughout the Middle East, but declared that no words are an excuse for murder,...
Third Party Candidate to Speak at NOVA
Photo from: socialequality.com On Thursday, September 27, Socialist Equality Presidential candidate Jerry White will be stopping by the NOVA Annandale campus to discuss the socialist perspective on the political and economic environment in America, and outline the socialist platform. White believes that a job, housing, healthcare, and an education are social rights, and the only...
President Obama Campaigns in Woodbridge
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey3nT8wxYGA&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] Cover photo by Dakota Cunningham President Obama made a campaign stop in Woodbridge, Virginia this afternoon where he pitched his vision for the country over the next four years. He spoke to a crowd of 12,000 people (according to Lt. Dave Cooper, Fire Marshal for Prince William County) at G. Richard Pfitzner stadium home...
Kappa Alpha Psi to Host Voter’s Forum
Are you interested in an educational program that provides you with information about voter registration and the upcoming election? If so make sure you go to this upcoming event. Event: Kritical Konversations: The Voter’s Forum Sponsored by: Kappa Alpha Psi Inc., Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Student Government, and the LEAD Office When: Monday, September...
POLL: Obama Leads Romney
Photo By| Addy Cameron-Huff A new national poll just released today shows President Barack Obama leading his republican challenger Mitt Romney. The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll pegged the race for the White House at 50%-45% for the President among likely voters. Among registered voters the poll found the President leading 50%-44%. Both results reveal a...
President Obama Speaks with College Press
On August 28th President Obama embarked on a campaign tour through College’s and University’s across the country. While in Ames,Iowa the President took time to hold his first campus press call of the semester. The president made brief remarks before opening up for questions. He began his remarks by reaffirming his belief that this election...
Eastwood, Rubio, Romney round out the 2012 RNC
The 2012 Republican National Convention finished last night and it did so with a past, present, and future feel. Leading off the prime time coverage was Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood, who delivered an adlib, improv performance to an empty chair that was supposed to be Barack Obama. Eastwood’s delivery was slow and quirky, but definitely...
UPDATE: Republican National Convention
Due to tropical storm Isaac the Republicans have suspended the start of their national convention being held in Tampa, Florida. The convention will kick off tomorrow at 2pm when they vote to approve the party platform. Check back with Mason Votes for up to date information on the Republican national convention. Photo: “Podium” by Tom...
Young Progressives Come Together
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCjjISpixq8[/youtube] Apathetic, tuned out, disengaged; these are just a few adjectives often associated with the younger generation of Americans. Even as these adjectives persist there is a large group of young Americans who have taken the initiative to organize, mobilize, and make their voices heard. This group of young progressive Americans found themselves gathered together...
A Week for the History Books
This week in Washington D.C. was one that won’t soon be forgotten. The week began with the United States Supreme Court striking down three of the four major provisions of SB 1070 Arizona’s immigration law, while upholding it’s most controversial provision, the so called, “show me your papers” law. The law states that Arizona law...
Mason Votes Calls 11th District for Connolly
By Christian Smith 9:56 A.M. Nov. 6 Mason Votes is calling Virginia’s 11th congressional district race for Gerry Connolly (D). The Virginia Board of Elections’ unofficial results say that with 100 percent of precincts reporting, Connolly received 111,695 votes, or 49.22 percent, while Keith Fimian (R) had 110,727 votes, or 48.79 percent. The last word...
Fimian Hosts Election Results Headquarters at Mason
Fimian Hosts Election Results Headquarters at Mason
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