MasonVotes submitted an application to win the 2012 Democracy Cup sponsored by the Virginia Campus Election Engagement Project. The Democracy Cup recognizes a Virginia institution of high education for, “outstanding efforts to increase electoral engagement through campus wide voter registration, voter education and electoral participation.” Finalists will be announced by December 19, 2012 and the winner will be named and recognized at the Active Citizenship Conference February 15-16, 2013 at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Here is MasonVotes video entry:
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Mason Votes held a get out the vote rally on Monday, November 5, 2012. COMM 399, Advance Video Performance and Writing, students Rasheeda Mitchell and Joanne Smathers attended Mason’s pre-election Get Out To Vote Rally at George Mason University, asking students what they think about voting.
On Monday, November 5, Republican Presidential Candidate made his first and only campaign stop at George Mason University’s Fairfax campus. His event was held at the Patriot Center, where he spoke to an estimated 8,000 supporters with many more who were turned away. Governor Romney spoke about the failures as he saw them from the Obama administration on a whole host of issues. He also shared with his supporters and those who may still be undecided what his vision for the next four years.
College Republicans and GMU Democrats held a debate on Friday, November 2, 2012 in GMU’s Johnson Center Atrium at an event titled, “First of All We Vote: GMU Presidential Debate Public Forum“. The event was sponsored by GMU Student Government, Weekends at Mason, Mason Votes and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. Here is the video of the entire debate.
Mason Votes went 1-on-1 with Colonel Chris Perkins the Republican candidate for Virginia’s 11th congressional district. His opponent is Congressman Gerry Connolly.
Colonel Perkins spoke at length about the importance of this year’s election and shared his opinions opinions about how to best address the major challenges facing America.
To learn more about Colonel Perkins you can check out his campaign website here: http://www.perkins2012.com/
Students Use Pop Culture Phenomenon to Inspire Voting
This election season, Mason is voting Gangnam Style.
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Twenty people gathered by the George statue on Saturday, Oct. 27, to film a video of Mason students rocking out to the internet hit Gangnam Style, but with a twist–the song’s lyrics were changed to let young people know that voting is something that’s cool to do.
The video is part of an effort by the Mason Vote Mob, as well as All Hands on Deck, a self-identified non-partisan group whose goal is to get young people to the polls.
The filmmaker, Colin Christopher, is a member of All Hands on Deck.
Dancers: Daniel Abrokowitz Jasmine Barnes Gabrielle Cunningham Kyle Dingle Janisah Georges Jerell Georges Lesley Harris Saranya Jagadish Ashton Parker Morton Tiffany Nguyen Chelsea Norman Dan Quach Seth Robertson J.D. Stier Yunzhi Sun Marianne Tokarz Iliana Vakuza Jasmine Young
On Tuesday, November 6, Mason Votes in conjunction with the Office of Student Media is hosting a live election night show. The program will broadcast live from the Johnson Center Atrium and available via webcast at Connect2Mason.com, MasonCableNetwork.Com, and Mason Cable Network campus TV channel 231.