VA Voter Registration Deadline is Monday, Oct. 16th!
Deadline to Register to Vote in Virginia is Monday, October 16, 2023. Don’t Forget to Register or Verify: elections.virginia.gov/registration If you have already registered in Virginia: Check your registration and confirm that you are registered at your current address, find your polling location, or update your registration online at elections.virginia.gov before Oct. 16, 2023. If...Continue reading→
President’s Message on National Voter Registration Day 2023
Watch President Washington’s video message to the Mason community on National Voter Registration Day 2023 > Patriots, You have a voice in determining the future of your community, state and country. Better yet, you have a vote. Voting is fundamental to our democracy and to your future as an engaged citizen. That’s why each year...Continue reading→
Constitution Day 2023
Mason’s Constitution Day event is Friday, September 15, 2023: RSVP via Mason360: cglink.me/2d7/r2134256 Each year, Americans celebrate the signing of the U.S. Constitution by the founders in September 1787. Learn more about the Constitution: studentmedia.gmu.edu/constitutionday ___________________ Constitution Day 2023 Event Info: Date: Friday, September 15, 2023 Time/Location: 12-2pm in The Hub Corner Pocket (middle level)...Continue reading→
National Voter Registration Day 2023
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay is Tuesday, September 19, 2023! Are you registered? Don’t forget to register to vote or update your existing registration. 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 to find out how. Watch President Washington’s...Continue reading→
10 Years In, Mason Lobbies Is Stronger Than Ever
Students Return to In-Person Lobbying in 2023 By: Orlando Cabrera, Mason Votes Online Editorial Team RICHMOND, VA—On a brisk January morning, two days after the start of the Spring semester, a bus pulls off East Broad Street onto Eleventh Street. The day begins in the East Reading Room of the Library of Virginia. Virginia Secretary...Continue reading→
Conservatives React to Election Disappointment
Questions Remain as “Red Wave” Fails to Materialize By: Jacob Pritchard, Mason Votes 2022 Online Editorial Team In the 2022 midterm elections, the Republican Party garnered a weak victory in the House instead of the predicted “Red Wave,” and failed to take the Senate. Many Republicans and other conservatives at Mason have strong thoughts on...Continue reading→
Reactions to Dobbs in the Aftermath of the Midterm Elections
Reproductive Rights Motivated Many Students to Vote By: Clarita Orosco, Mason Votes 2022 Online Editorial Team This past summer, on June 24th and after 50 years of precedent, the Supreme Court overturned the landmark case known as Roe v. Wade. Protests were held in DC, as well as all over the nation. In Dobbs v....Continue reading→
Guest Opinion Column: Young Democratic Socialists of America
What Is Socialism? By: Anton Brown, Young Democratic Socialists of America Member Perhaps the immediate impulse is to ask “what does the dictionary say?” Merriam Webster states that socialism is “any of various economic and political theories advocating collective or governmental ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods.” Wikipedia defines...Continue reading→
How Did Mason Vote in 2022?
Over 250 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 8th to learn more about what issues and candidates were motivating student voters in 2022. Students were asked to complete a short exit survey after voting at Mason’s...Continue reading→
VIDEO: LIVE 2022 Election Night Coverage!
Students from Mason Cable Network, Fourth Estate, and Mason Votes Collaborated to Create a LIVE 2022 Election Night Broadcast. WATCH NOW on YOUTUBE: youtube.com/watch?v=BGOJaBLzwsI