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  • HELLO, MISSOURI AND MISSOURA! I'M STEPHEN COLBERT. DO YOU WANT TO VOTE IN THE 2020 ELECTION?

  • OF COURSE YOU DO! EVERYBODY KNOWS MISSOURI IS THE SMARTEST STATE IN THE NATION.

  • WELL I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR PART 24 OF OUR 50 PART SERIES:

  • BETTER KNOW A BALLOT. TONIGHT, THE GREATEST STATE NATION: MISSOURI! "THE VOTIN' SHOW-ME'S!"

  • IN THE

  • WHAT MAKES MISSOURI THE GREATEST?

  • WELL DID YOU KNOW IN 1928 A BAKING COMPANY IN CHILLICOTHE,

  • MISSOURI WAS SLICED BREAD?

  • THE FIRST TO SELL

  • IT WAS A MAJOR INNOVATION THAT WAS HERALDED AS BEING THE BEST THING SINCE UN-SLICED BREAD.

  • ANOTHER FUN FACT: MISSOURI IS JUST ONE OF 50 STATES THAT HAVE

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

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

  • WE'VE MADE IT EASY, BY PUTTING THE RESOURCES YOU

  • NEED ON BETTERKNOWABALLOT.COM. THE LINK FOR MISSOURI IS BELOW.

  • OKAY FIRST, MAKE SURE YOU'RE REGISTERED TO VOTE. YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE, JUST USE OUR

  • LINK. THE DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 7TH, BUT IF YOU WANT TO VOTE BY MAIL, YOU SHOULD DO IT NOW!

  • ONCE YOU'RE REGISTERED, GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO LEARN ABOUT MISSOURI'S MAIL-IN

  • AND ABSENTEE VOTING OPTIONS FOR EARLY VOTING THIS YEAR.

  • NO EXCUSE IS REQUIRED TO REQUEST A MAIL-IN BALLOT.

  • YOU CAN USE OUR LINK TO PRINT THE MAIL-IN BALLOT REQUEST FORM.

  • FILL IT OUT CAREFULLY AND MAIL OR HAND DELIVER IT TO YOUR LOCAL

  • ELECTION AUTHORITY. USE OUR LINK TO FIND YOURS!

  • YOUR BALLOT REQUEST MUST BE RECEIVED BY 5PM ON OCTOBER 21ST,

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

  • WHEN YOU GET YOUR BALLOT, FILL IT OUT CAREFULLY, SIGN THE STATEMENT ON THE

  • ENVELOPE AND GET IT NOTARIZED. YOU CAN USE OUR LINK TO FIND A NOTARY WHO WILL DO THIS FOR FREE.

  • ABSENTEE BALLOTS REQUIRE AN EXCUSE. IF YOU MEET ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS, YOU CAN REQUEST AN

  • ABSENTEE BALLOT FROM YOUR LOCAL ELECTION AUTHORITY EMAIL BEFORE 5PM ON OCTOBER 21ST.

  • BY FAX OR

  • IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF EIGHT AT-RISK GROUPS FOR COVID-19, FOR EXAMPLE,

  • IF YOU ARE 65 YEARS OR OLDER, YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT WILL NOT NEED TO BE NOTARIZED.

  • YOU CAN ALSO REQUEST AND CAST YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT IN-PERSON AT YOUR LOCAL ELECTION AUTHORITY

  • THROUGH NOVEMBER 2ND. GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE.

  • BOTH ABSENTEE AND MAIL-IN BALLOTS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 7PM

  • ON NOVEMBER 3RD, SO THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE RECOMMENDS MAILING IT NO LATER

  • THAN OCTOBER 27TH. BUT PLAY IT SAFE AND DO IT RIGHT AWAY!

  • AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN STILL GO TO THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY, NOVEMBER 3RD.

  • WEAR A MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS, GO VOTE!

  • SO THERE YOU ARE, MISSOURI. KNOW ANOTHER SMART MISSOURIAN WHO WANTS TO VOTE? JUST

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

  • COME ON, "SHOW ME" STATE! SHOW ME THAT YOU VOTED. AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT,

  • SHOW ME A REFRESHING BUD LIGHT LIME-A-RITA. I'LL DRINK ANYTHING.

HELLO, MISSOURI AND MISSOURA! I'M STEPHEN COLBERT. DO YOU WANT TO VOTE IN THE 2020 ELECTION?

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