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Tracking North Carolina Senate in the Classroom
By: Leila Campbell, Mason Votes Contributor This article was originally written as a classroom assignment for COMM 374: Political Journalism and submitted to Mason […]
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Tracking South Carolina Senate in the Classroom
By: Ben Keane, Mason Votes Contributor This article was originally written as a classroom assignment for COMM 374: Political Journalism and submitted to Mason Votes […]
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Three Constitutional Amendments on the VA Ballot in 2026
Get Educated and Make an Informed Decision! By: Kyler Cartmill, Mason Votes Contributor On (or before) Tuesday, November 3rd, voters across Virginia will determine the […]
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2026 U.S. Senate Race Roundup
Eight Races to Determine Control of the Upper Chamber By: Andrew Nick, Mason Votes Contributor Control of both chambers of Congress is on the ballot […]
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Mason Voting Ambassadors Empower Student Voters
Educate, Register, Activate! By: Breeze Lawless, Mason Votes Contributor The Mason Voting Ambassadors (MVAs) is a nonpartisan student and faculty organization focused on voter registration […]
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Q&A with League of Women Voters’ Rhonda Mays
“Be Someone Who Shows Up!” By: Charisma Kerns, Mason Votes Contributor Founded in 1920, the League of Women Voters (LWV) is an nonpartisan “grassroots organization” […]
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Mason Students Rally for Sanity, or Fear
Hundreds of Mason students joined the crowd gathered on the mall after boarding buses on campus that transported students to the Vienna/Fairfax Metro station for a ride to the rally. The buses were sponsored by the Office of Housing and Residence Life and included a Metro day-pass for students in addition to the bus ride.
Stephen Colbert on Rally to Restore Sanity, or Fear
From Broadside By Sonya Hudson It’s not possible to rally for sanity, according to Stephen Colbert. “I don’t think it’s possible to get excited about moderate behavior,” said Colbert, host of Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.” “It’s a paradox I don’t understand. Are you going to get extremely moderate at the rally? No. You’ve got...
Your Chance to Amend the Virginia Constitution
This Tuesday, Virginia voters will have the opportunity to vote on three constitutional amendments. Ballots will include three questions that specify which article of the Constitution is up for change and the change that is being considered. The questions are listed and explained below.
College Republicans and Democrats Debate Issues Tonight
With just five days before voters head to the polls in this year’s midterm election, the Mason chapter of College Republicans and College Democrats will debate political issues tonight.
For College Kids, Voting Is So Two Years Ago
The Obamamania that swept college campuses two years ago, spurring millions of young people to vote, volunteer, and lobby their parents to change their minds, now looks like a bubble that has burst.
Connolly, Fimian Fight Dirty
As the Nov. 2 election quickly approaches, the two have been the stars of an all-out negative ad blitz.
Vote Vans to Take Students to Polls
Vote Vans, an initiative started by Zach Golden and Claire Forman in 2007, is coming back again this year to help students make voting easier. It will be shuttling students from Mason to W.T Woodson High School where they will be able to vote. Vote Vans will have a tent set up in the grassy...
Mason Votes is Back!
It’s that time of the year again and Mason Votes is back! Election Day is coming up in less than a month and Mason Votes is prepared to have students pumped up and ready to vote! College-aged students are one of the most apathetic age groups when it comes to voting, but the last presidential...
Mason Hosts H1N1 Influenza Town Hall
By Mason Votes Staff Writer Ethan Vaughan Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan hosted a town hall on flu prevention this morning in George Mason University’s Dewberry Hall. “We keep hearing people say that this is ‘just’ the flu,” Sebelius said. “That it’s not a big deal....
Inauguration Day Events at Mason
If you are on campus for Inauguration Day, George Mason University will have plenty to do. Among the events planned for January 20, you’ll be able to see the Inauguration in the JC Atrium and attend an Inaugural Ball right here on campus. The ceremony will start at 11:30 a.m. and can all be seen...
Is Obama Ready to go Against His Supporters on an Auto Bailout?
According to a poll earlier this month, 61 percent of Americans oppose an auto bailout, 70 percent believe that a bailout would be unfair to taxpayers and another majority of those surveyed did not believe that the bailout would help the economy. Only 15 percent believe that bankruptcy in the auto industry would immediately affect...
Barack Obama Elected President of the United States
Barack Obama, senator from Illinois, has been elected to the Office President of the United States. Moments after Virginia’s Electoral College votes were called for Obama and the polls closed on the west coast, all major media organizations called the election in his favor. In his concession speech, Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain said, “the...
