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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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14th Annual 9/11 Day of Service
25 Years Later, 9/11 Brings the Mason Community Together in Service By: Tiffany Boggs, Mason Votes Contributor On September 11, 2001, America changed forever. Twenty‑five […]
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What the 2025 Elections Mean for Students
Insights from Professor Jennifer Victor Shed Light on the Shifting Landscape of Democracy at Mason By: Saahiti Kiran Chamala, Mason Votes Managing Editor On Tuesday, […]
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National Voter Registration Day 2022
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay is Tuesday, September 20, 2022! Are you registered? Monday, October 17, 2022 is the deadline to register to vote or update an existing registration in Virginia. 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...
How Did Mason Vote in 2021?
381 Mason Students Voted at Merten Hall on Election Day Student Media, Mason Cable Network, and Mason Votes conducted exit polling outside Merten Hall on November 2nd to learn more about what issues and candidates were motivating voters in 2021. Students were asked to complete a short exit survey after voting at Mason’s on-campus polling...
Post-Election Analysis: What Virginia Republicans Got Right
Youngkin Focused On Local Issues That Drove Enthusiasm By: Jack Houston, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team Republicans across the country are now celebrating what could be a sign of a “red wave” in 2022. While the results in Virginia could be a one-off, many are predicting a good election cycle for 2022 Republican candidates. However,...
Post-Election Analysis: What Virginia Democrats Got Wrong
McAuliffe Ran a Lackluster Campaign By: Jack Houston, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team As the dust settles on the 2021 Virginia Election Cycle, Democrats across the country are wondering what went wrong. While the end result was a close race, in a state where President Biden won by over 10 points, this was a blowout...
Mason Students Vote On Campus In Virginia Gubernatorial Election
381 Mason Students Voted at Merten Hall Last Tuesday By: Sydney Johnson & Brad Byrne, Fourth Estate Staff Writers This story was originally published on gmufourthestate.com. Fourth Estate is Mason’s official student-run newspaper. The Virginia governor’s election took place on Nov. 2 as students, faculty and other members of the Mason community watched former Virginia...
Election Stress and What to Do About It
Resources Are Available to Mason Students Who Need Support By: Meg Thornberry, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team Elections cause stress. Stress can take many forms. Some people may experience anxiety, a series of heightened fears and emotions. Others may experience fatigue, or burnout, a lack of enthusiasm, even for things they used to care...
WATCH: LIVE 2021 Election Night Coverage!
Students from Mason Cable Network and Mason Votes Collaborated to Create a LIVE 2021 Election Night Broadcast WATCH NOW: _______________________________________________ Watch MCN’s 2020 election night broadcast below:
VIDEO: COMM 145 Election Interviews
Mason Students Share What’s Motivating Them in 2021 The students of COMM 145 (Newspaper Workshop I) were assigned to interview their peers on why voting is important and which issues were influencing their vote in 2021. Here is what they found… Special thanks the students of COMM 145: Luke Black, Reem Jamil, Matthew Link, Tristen...
Virginia Reports Dramatic Surge in Early Voting
Democrats Have an Apparent Lead, but Nothing Is Set in Stone By: Jack Houston, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team Early voting in Virginia’s 2021 election is now over and we have the results…kind of. To stress why early voting is so important this year, let’s look at the numbers from previous years. In 2017,...
Faculty Q&A with Char Miller
“The voters did their job last time, they got people elected.“ By: Jacob Pritchard, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team Mason Votes sat down with Char Miller, an associate professor at Mason’s Schar School of Policy and Government, to get his views on the state of democracy, the 2021 election, and more: Q: In what...
Where Can Mason Students Vote on Election Day?
Only Students Registered at Their Current Campus Address Can Vote at the University Precinct in Merten Hall By: Meg Thornberry, Mason Votes 2021 Online Editorial Team In 2020, 71.8 percent of Mason students voted, significantly more than the 66 percent national average, according to a recent study conducted by the National Study of Learning, Voting...
Meet the Candidate: Glenn Youngkin (R)
Glenn Youngkin, Republican Candidate for Virginia Governor Learn more about the candidate by visiting Youngkin’s campaign website: youngkinforgovernor.com Meet Glenn: • Born: December 9, 1966 in Richmond, VA • First job: “washing dishes and frying eggs at a diner in Virginia Beach” • Education: Earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Rice University and an...
