Election News Archive

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 and education. The organization is headed by Associate Professor of Political Science Dr. Jennifer Victor and filled with undergraduates with a passion for suffrage. “The role of a student as...Continue reading→

“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” that believes in the right to vote, no matter your race, gender, sexuality, or views. They encourage people to be a part of the democracy that makes up our country...Continue reading→

Mason Voters Share Top Concerns By: Tiffany Boggs, Mason Votes Contributor Student Media conducted an exit poll survey of student and community voters outside the on-campus polling site at Merten Hall on Election Day in 2025 to better understand which issues most influenced their choices. About 93.1% of respondents voted for then-candidate Abigail Spanberger (D),...Continue reading→

Vote Early in Virginia Until October 31st By: Rithvik Hari, Mason Votes Contributor You don’t have to wait until Nov. 3 to vote. Early in-person voting has been open in Fairfax since September 18th and will remain open until October 31st. Each year, more and more Fairfax voters take advantage of early voting. In the...Continue reading→

SCOTUS Blocks New Restrictions for 2026 Elections By: Andrew Nick, Mason Votes Contributor There’s been a lot of confusion lately about mail-in ballots, but voters planning to utilize this popular method can take comfort in the Supreme Court’s September 14th order that declined to allow a new rule designed to limit mail-in ballot delivery by...Continue reading→

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 Congressional District face a choice between three candidates to represent them for the next two years in the U.S. House of Representatives. Nicknamed “the people’s house,” the U.S. House of...Continue reading→

If You Live On Campus in Fairfax, You Can Vote @ Merten Hall! By: Erica Munisar, Mason Votes Contributor Mason students living on the Fairfax campus, including Masonvale and Presidents Park, can register to vote on campus at Merten Hall on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd from 6am to 7pm (anyone still in line at...Continue reading→

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 and community volunteers worked together to hold a voter registration drive outside the Johnson Center on Tuesday, September 15th that featured on-site registration opportunities and resources to educate student voters...Continue reading→

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, Virginians prepare to head to the polls to decide who will represent the Commonwealth in the United States Senate. Nicknamed “the world’s greatest deliberative body,” the U.S. Senate plays an...Continue reading→

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 years ago, the United States endured one of the most devastating terrorist attacks in our history, cutting short thousands of innocent lives. Many students and young Americans of today were...Continue reading→