Election News Archive
The Election News Archive on Mason Votes serves as a comprehensive collection of original reporting produced by student journalists covering local, state, and national elections. This page brings together past articles, live updates, and on-the-ground coverage, preserving the evolving political landscape through the lens of the Mason community. As a nonpartisan platform dedicated to informing and engaging student voters, the archive highlights key moments, perspectives, and campus involvement across election cycles, offering a lasting record of civic participation and student-driven storytelling.
Hispanic and Latinos Rock the Vote!
Today, Sept. 23, a Rock the Vote event focusing on Mason’s Hispanic and Latino communities is being held in the SUB1 Patriot Lounge at 7 p.m. As part of Hispanic Heritage Month, students will be discussing how the Hispanic/Latino community can affect the 2008 presidential elections. You can register to vote at this event. The...Continue reading→
Young Voter Stereotypes Frustrate Some Students
by Lindsay Fields – UPI The time has come; the unthinkable has happened. Paris Hilton has a starring role in a politically charged commercial. This election year, the stakes are high and candidates are doing as much as possible to target young voters. But are they stereotyping college students in the process? “I think that...Continue reading→
Author David Bacon Talks about Illegal Immigration
By Noah Martin David Bacon, photojournalist, author, and immigration rights activist, spoke at George Mason yesterday as a part of the Fall for the Book program. Bacon came to speak specifically about his new book Illegal People but addressed the larger issues of immigration rights today, the current credit crunch, the War On Terror, the...Continue reading→
Audio from Joe and Jill Biden Sterling Rally
Listen to the speeches given by Senator Joe Biden and Jill Biden, Ph.D., at a women’s rally in Sterling, VA.
Michelle Obama Urges Youth to Vote
In a conference call with student journalists today, Michelle Obama touted the importance of the youth vote to this fall’s presidential election. “Young people can make a huge difference,” said Obama, “No matter who they are voting for, we need young people to register to vote.” In 2000, only 36 percent of registered voters age...Continue reading→
Voting Information
Voters should check-out the following sites for practical information on voting. Don’t know if you are registered to vote or where your nearest polling location is, want to register, or need practical voting information like what to bring with you to the polls? Go to: WWW.VOTEFORCHANGE.COM Mason Votes editors have contacted the campaigns of McCain,...Continue reading→
Albright Talks Foreign Policy at Mason
By David Pierce, courtesy of Broadside Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke at a foreign policy town hall meeting, sponsored by presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign, Saturday in Dewberry Hall. She was part of a three-person panel that included terrorism expert Richard Clarke and Rep. Jane Harman (D.-Calif.) Albright, 71, introduced herself...Continue reading→
Why McCain Must Lose This Election
By Lars Laing-Peterson 1) He votes with the failed and failing policies of George W. Bush 90+% of the time. (FactCheck.org has it at 95% of the time.) These policies will have a lasting detrimental affect on this country. And, more importantly, how can you be a Maverick when you vote with the Party Line...Continue reading→
Biden Holds Women’s Rally in Loudoun County
Senator Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden, Ph.D., held a women’s rally in Sterling, VA this morning, where they touted the need to have equal pay for equal work, a women’s right to choose, better healthcare options, tax credits for education and the right to privacy. Mason Votes was there to provide live blogging,...Continue reading→
Preview: Six Days in June
The Office of Student Media and the Film and Video Studies program present a free screening on September 27, 7:30 p.m., in Harris Theater of Six Days in June, a film about the 1967 Six Day War between Israel and Egypt. This is part of a series of election-season films at George Mason University. The...Continue reading→