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  • HELLO, MONTANA! I'M STEPHEN COLBERT. DO YOU WANT THE 2020 ELECTION? OF COURSE YOU DO!

  • TO VOTE IN

  • EVERYBODY KNOWS MONTANA IS THE SMARTEST STATE IN THE NATION.

  • WELL I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW BECAUSE IT'S OUR 50 PART SERIES:

  • TIME FOR PART 40 OF BETTER

  • KNOW A BALLOT. TONIGHT, THE GREATEST STATE IN MONTANA! "THE VOTIN' BIG SKIES!"

  • THE NATION:

  • WHAT MAKES MONTANA THE GREATEST?

  • WELL FOR STARTERS, MONTANA IS HOME TO INCREDIBLE WILDLIFE. EVERY YEAR,

  • DURING MIGRATION SEASON, PEOPLE HEAD TO WITNESS THE GATHERING

  • "FREEZEOUT LAKE" TO

  • OF AS MANY AS GEESE AND 10,000 TUNDRA SWANS.

  • 300,000 SNOW

  • ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. UNTIL YOU SEE WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO YOUR CAR.

  • ANOTHER FUN FACT: OF JUST 50 STATES

  • MONTANA IS ONE

  • THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO VOTE IN THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

  • SO HERE'S HOW YOU CAN GET STARTED VOTING IN MONTANA RIGHT NOW.

  • THIS IS GENERAL INFORMATION FOR HOW YOU MAIL. CHECK OUT:

  • CAN VOTE EARLY AND BY

  • BETTERKNOWABALLOT.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALL THE LINKS YOU NEED. THE LINK FOR MONTANA IS BELOW.

  • OKAY FIRST, MAKE SURE YOU'RE REGISTERED OUR WEBSITE TO CHECK

  • TO VOTE. YOU CAN USE

  • YOUR REGISTRATION, FIND AN APPLICATION, AND REGULAR VOTER REGISTRATION FORMS,

  • LEARN MORE.

  • IF MAILED, MUST BE POSTMARKED BY OCTOBER 26TH, SO DO IT NOW!

  • IN COUNTIES THAT OPTED TO CONDUCT A "MAIL-BALLOT" ELECTION,

  • ALL ACTIVE, REGISTERED VOTERS SHOULD EXPECT THEIR THE MAIL AS EARLY AS OCTOBER 9TH.

  • BALLOTS IN

  • IF YOU MUST APPLY FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT,

  • YOU CAN FIND THE APPLICATION THROUGH OUR WEBSITE. CAREFULLY AND RETURN IT BY MAIL.

  • FILL IT OUT

  • IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GET YOUR BALLOT IN TIME TO VOTE, DO IT NOW.

  • YOU CAN ALSO HAND DELIVER YOUR APPLICATION ELECTION OFFICE. YOU MAY EVEN

  • TO YOUR COUNTY

  • BE ABLE TO DROP OFF YOUR APPLICATION, PICK BALLOT, AND CAST YOUR ABSENTEE VOTE

  • UP YOUR

  • AT THE SAME TIME IN PERSON STARTING IN EARLY OCTOBER. TIMING AND LOCATIONS DEPENDS

  • ON WHERE YOU LIVE, SO USE OUR WEBSITE TO FIND OUT WHAT YOUR COUNTY OFFERS.

  • WHEN YOU GET YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT, FILL IT OUT CAREFULLY,

  • FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS, SIGN WHERE INDICATED AND THE ADDRESS PROVIDED ON THE ENVELOPE.

  • MAIL IT TO

  • IT MUST BE RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 3RD, SO THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

  • RECOMMENDS MAILING IT NO LATER THAN OCTOBER SAFE AND DO IT RIGHT AWAY.

  • 27TH. SO PLAY IT

  • YOU CAN ALSO HAND DELIVER YOUR BALLOT TO YOUR OFFICE. AND DEPENDING ON WHERE

  • COUNTY ELECTION

  • YOU LIVE, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DROP YOUR BALLOT PERSON AT A POLLING PLACE. USE

  • OFF OR

  • VOTE IN

  • OUR WEBSITE TO FIND WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN YOUR MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS, GO VOTE!

  • COUNTY. WEAR A

  • SO THERE YOU ARE, MONTANA. KNOW ANOTHER

  • SMART MONTANAN WHO WANTS TO VOTE? JUST

  • SEND THEM THIS VIDEO, AND SPREAD THE WORD #BETTERKNOWABALLOT.

  • USING THE HASHTAG

  • SO PLEASE, MONTANA, PLEASE GET OUT THERE AND ONLY THING BETTER THAN BIG SKY

  • VOTE. BECAUSE THE

  • IS BIG TURNOUT!

HELLO, MONTANA! I'M STEPHEN COLBERT. DO YOU WANT THE 2020 ELECTION? OF COURSE YOU DO!

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