Image via Wikipedia Tomorrow a special election will be held for the position of the Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, in order to fill the position left empty by the departure of Gerry Connolly. Polling stations will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. throughout Feb 3. All registered voters in […]

Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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President-elect Barack Obama gave an brief speech at George Mason University yesterday, urging Congress to act quickly in order to save the economy from a deeper plunge. Obama said that both parties need to work together on an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan that will “jump-start” jobs and create “long-term growth” by making energy, education, and healthcare […]

Posted on January 10th, 2009 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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UPI’s Voice of Young Voters will be hosting a Live Blog, December 30, on the controversial “rights of conscience” ruling. This rule, recently issued by the Bush administration, enhances the abilities of health care providers to refuse services, such as abortion, based on their personal religious and moral beliefs. The ruling has spurred contentious debate, with 13 state attorney […]

Posted on December 30th, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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From Broadside: Northern Virginia was at the center of the nation’s electoral process this Tuesday, and Mason’s Arlington campus was right there with it. Mason Arlington’s Original Building was the official polling location of those living in Virginia Square, Arlington’s Precinct #040, and many Arlington residents were exercising their right to vote on Mason’s grounds. […]

Posted on November 5th, 2008 by Rachael Dickson
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Barack Obama, senator from Illinois, has been elected to the Office President of the United States.  Moments after Virginia’s Electoral College votes were called for Obama and the polls closed on the west coast, all major media organizations called the election in his favor. In his concession speech, Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain said, “the […]

Posted on November 5th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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by Kevin Loker Mason Votes Correspondent On a rainy day after a marathon two-year campaign race for the White House, George Mason University students registered on the Fairfax campus finally boarded vans to cast their vote. “We’ve been running vans to and from W.T. Woodson since the polls opened,” said senior Student Government member Andrew […]

Posted on November 5th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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In the early hours of Election Day, a person hacked into the e-mail system of George Mason University, sending out an e-mail to the student body that claimed Election Day had been moved to Nov. 5. The message was sent out at 1:16 a.m. from Provost Peter Stearns’s e-mail account. It read, “Please note that […]

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Rachael Dickson
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Some students who registered on campus at George Mason University were not allowed to cast a vote today. Freshman Katie Bredholt, 18, said she registered to vote on campus with a group of Obama supporters in early September. She was only allowed to vote provisionally today. Bredholt, whose permanent address is in Texas, said after […]

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Rachael Dickson
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With less than eight hours before polls open and 24 hours until the polls close around the nation, Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama made his final campaign stop. The choice of Manassas, Virginia for this event is a testament to how important the state is to the campaign. As expected, Obama touched on health care, […]

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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Below is the text of Mason Vote’s Interview with Gerry Connelly, Democratic candidate for Congress in the 11th District. Q: As people go to the polls what do you want them to think about? A: I want them to think about the future of the country. this election is a big deal. We have the […]

Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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