Mason Votes has recently partnered with TurboVote. It is a Voters Registration outlet that is for all Americans. They are a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) nonprofit and was created because they love the democracy. All you need to do is sign up, and TurboVote keeps track of all your rules and deadlines and will even send you all the forms you need. All you have to do is sign them and drop them in the mail. To get started with registration click the link: https://gmu.turbovote.org/register.
Hello Mason Nation,
My name is Jasmine Young and I am the new Executive Editor of Mason Votes. Last year I served as the Copy-Editor for Mason Votes and loved the experience I had reaching out to the student body. I am currently looking for staff members to join my Mason Votes team to help make sure that the Mason student body is aware, educated and that they get out and vote on November 5, 2013. If you or someone you know would make a great addition to the team come out to the mandatory interest meeting that will be held Wednesday, September 11 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. room 1014 and Thursday, September 12 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. room 1012. You will need to attend at least one of these meetings to be assigned a position within Mason Votes. Both meetings will be held at the bottom floor of the Hub near the Student Media Office.
Hope to see you all there !
Jasmine Young
Fairfax County voters now have three easy ways to check voter registration status, poll location and other vital information before heading out to vote in the June 11 primary. To access your specific voter information, you will need to enter your Social Security Number or Voter ID Number (on your voter registration card).
1. Call the Fairfax County Office of Elections at 703-222-0776 (TTY 711). This 24/7 phone system enables you to confirm your voter registration status, your poll location and get answers to the 10 most frequently asked questions – when it is convenient for you. If you would like to talk to someone in the Office of Elections, call Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with extended hours on Thursday until 7 p.m.
2. Download the Free Fairfax County Mobile App. Find the free app on the county’s mobile page or by searching Fairfax County Government on Google Play or the Apple App Store. Once you download and launch the Fairfax County app, look for the vote icon. Using the app, you will be able to find your poll location and driving directions to get there, check that you are registered at your correct address and link to the Office of Election’s website for easy access to other vital information.
3. Visit the Virginia State Board of Elections Website for voter registration status, ballot information, poll location, ID requirements and more.
For more information online, visit the Fairfax County Office of Elections.
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All 237 polls in Fairfax County are open Tuesday, June 11, 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., for the Democratic Primary. The primary is open to all registered voters. The ballot includes Democratic candidates for lieutenant governor, attorney general and, in the 86th District, for a member of the House of Delegates. The Republican candidates were chosen at a state convention held in Richmond last month.
Fairfax County Public Schools are still in session. If your poll is at a school location, please be cautious when driving in that area, especially in the morning and afternoon when buses are unloading or loading and the students are walking or being dropped off.
Make sure you are ready to vote by taking these steps:
Unofficial election results will be available from the Office of Elections. Unofficial returns are updated throughout the night as the precincts report in after the polls close at 7 p.m. Only Fairfax County returns are available on this website. Statewide returns will be available from the Virginia State Board of Elections.
Engaged Campus & Community Citizens
RSVP to join educators, civic organizations, college students and county registrars on
Friday, April 19th, 2013 from 11 – 3 pm at George Mason University’s, Founders Hall in Arlington, VA.
The Campus Election Engagement Founder and author of Soul of a Citizen, Paul Loeb, will kick off the civic engagement conversation
by sharing the national momentum and funding opportunities for Fall 2013.
Dr. Marcus Messner from VCU, Kathryn Mangus, student Shane Smith and GMU’s Office of Student Media team will facilitate a dialogue on a social media strategy for an on-line electoral education campaign.
Dr. Karen Kennedy Schultz and her student team from Shenandoah University will train campuses on their successful implementation of the UVote Project, a peer-to-peer student voter registration model.
ASPiRE’s Nannette Bailey and Symone Simmons will support campuses who want to do Electoral Outreach in their neighboring communities based on the partnership VCU built with Richmond’s Mosby residents.
Hope you can join this state-wide civic conversation where faculty will also come together with county registrars to forge electoral educational initiatives.
Tonight, February 12, 2013, at 9PM EST President Obama will speak to Congress for the annual State of the Union address. Please share your feedback, thoughts and report card of the State of the Union on the MasonVotes Twitter page using the #MasonVotes and on the MasonVotes facebook page.
Where to watch:
c-span.org/SOTU
foxnews.com/sotu
NPR Special Live Coverage
Politico Sstate-of-the-union-203
whitehouse.gov/sotu
November 6, 2012 Mason Votes conducted exit polling outside of George Mason University’s University Hall polling place. 368 people participated in the poll. Here are the results.
On Tuesday, November 6, Mason Votes in conjunction with the Office of Student Media hosted a live election night show. The program was broadcast live from the Johnson Center Atrium and available via webcast at Connect2Mason.com, MasonCableNetwork.Com, and Mason Cable Network campus TV channel 231. Many students and staff members joined together to make election night fun and exciting for students here at Mason. Although many reporters were in the J.C atrium there were also other reporters around campus interviewing students in places like Sub I getting their reactions and feedback from Election Day.
The panel on stage at last night’s event consisted of Shane Smith, Colleen Wilson, Reuben Jones, John Hill, and Storm Paglia. The panel had students representing different organizations come onstage to be interviewed throughout the broadcast. As a reporter, my job was to shade the Democratic states in as they were announced along with Lauren Waldron who shaded in the Republican States. Students were engaged and entertained throughout the entire event and the J.C atrium stayed packed until the announcement of President Barack Obama’s re-election. Judging by the turnout this is an event that will most likely take place in the next four years.
From Left to Right: John Hill, Shane Smith, Rueben Jones and Colleen Wilson.
From Left to Right: Jasmine Young (Reporter), Kevin Jackson (Student Government) and Lauren Waldron (Reporter).
According to a CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University, which conducts research on the civic and political engagement of young Americans, the youth vote influenced 80 electoral votes in the November 6, 2012 election, enough to sway the election results for either candidate. Their research shows that voting maters and even small numbers can and do make the difference. See the full post here on their website.
According to CIRCLE, “EARLY EXIT POLLS: Youth Represent 19% of Voters, Up 1 Point from 2008“, in a survey published by CIRCLE. See full text here.
