Posted on September 24th, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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By Noah Martin The Virginia State Board of Elections has been accused of possibly trying to confuse student voters. In an effort to make registering to vote easier for students, the Board has posted a self-guided questionnaire on their website. Representatives from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University Law School have raised […]

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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By Noah Martin The outcome of a televised debate is about more than a candidate’s response to the questions, so come to the Johnson Center atrium at George Mason University for a Debate Watch party this Friday to view Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) and Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) confront each other over issues of foreign […]

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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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 […]

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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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 […]

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Aram Zucker-Scharff
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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 […]

Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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Listen to the speeches given by Senator Joe Biden and Jill Biden, Ph.D.,  at a women’s rally in Sterling, VA. Download Now!

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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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 […]

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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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, […]

Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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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 […]

Posted on September 21st, 2008 by Christian Yingling
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