Kailey Krantz | Staff Writer I’m tired of being disappointed by politics and I am not the only one. There needs to be decisions made and casting our ballot is the chance to voice what we want changed. As a first-time female voter, I have seen firsthand the lengths politicians will go to appeal to […]
Candela Maceda | Contributing Writer FIU students, staff, and the general public are coming to campus to cast their ballots. The university’s early voting site, located at the Student Academic Success Center Multipurpose Room at FIU’s Modesto A. Maidique Campus, has actively served large masses of voters since its opening. During early voting, voters may […]
Conor Moore | News Director Last year, I saw Kamala Harris speak at FIU and I wasn’t particularly impressed – the event was disorganized and her answers were a bit anemic. But now, watching her as she’s set to be the presumptive nominee for the Democrats, I can’t lie, maybe she is brat after all. […]
Benz De Marshall Pierre | Staff Writer From MAGA extremism and some of the highest political partisanship in decades, the upcoming election cycle is poised to be one of the most important in recent memory. Yet most of us students are too plagued with voter apathy to do anything about it. When I first began […]
Elise Catrion Gregg | Editor-in-Chief On the last day of voting for student government, three socialist candidates are facing yet another campaign ban. Mere hours before voting closes, Young Democratic Socialists of America at FIU posted on Instagram that they had received another tier three violation, resulting in a 24-hour campaign ban as of 6:50 […]
PantherNOW Editorial Board Panthers, election season is here and it’s time to vote. No matter your major, year or general interest in politics, we at PantherNOW firmly stand by the sentiment that students need to vote. In 2023, then-elections commissioner Anna Meredith told PantherNOW that over 3,000 students voted in the 2023-24 elections. That was […]
Dioslyn Oliva and Alba Rosa | PantherNOW Staff The student government elections are here. With dozens of candidates and a variety of platforms, it’s been an interesting season. But in recent years, less than 5% of students have voted in these elections. Considering the lack of student involvement, these numbers make sense: this is a […]
Alba Rosa | Assistant Opinion Director As the midterm elections on Nov. 8 approach, take the opportunity to elect the best candidates to address our current political issues, especially on topics like climate change. The U.S. midterm elections occur every two years, halfway into the president’s term. The main officials that we’re voting for in […]
Gabriela Enamorado/Staff Writer Voting is obviously a hot topic right now because of the incoming Presidential election. All anyone talks about is the importance of voting. Of course, it’s a very important process of our government, but participating in voting is the bare minimum we should be doing. If we really want to see a […]
Humberto Mendez Prince/Staff Writer The political climate in 2020 has been surrounded by controversy attributed by the mediocre performance politicians have accustomed us to. Insensible policies regarding a global pandemic paired with management failures in state policies across the nation, are perhaps the eye-opener young voters needed in order to realize their vote is more […]
Robert Crohan/Staff Writer At a time when America is waking up to the harsh realities of racism, a chaotic election in the state just one border north of us has generated fears of what could come in November. On June 9, Georgia voters set off to cast their ballots in the state’s senate primary. Georgia […]
Gustavo Contreras/Contributing Writer In 2018, what was projected to be a “blue wave” in Florida was stopped when Democrat nominee Andrew Gillum lost the gubernatorial election by a total of 32,463 votes. Even more competitive was Republican Rick Scott’s win of less than 11,000 votes in the Senate election that same year. With an undergraduate […]
