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

  • OF COURSE YOU DO! EVERYBODY KNOWS KANSAS STATE IN THE NATION.

  • IS THE SMARTEST

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

  • TIME FOR PART 47 OF BETTER

  • KNOW A BALLOT. TONIGHT, THE GREATEST STATE IN KANSAS! "THE VOTIN' JAYHAWKS!"

  • THE NATION:

  • WHAT MAKES KANSAS THE GREATEST?

  • WELL, DID YOU KNOW THAT KANSAS FARMERS

  • PRODUCE ENOUGH EVERY YEAR

  • WHEAT

  • TO MAKE

  • 36 BILLION LOAVES OF BREAD? SO BASICALLY MY FIRST MONTH OF QUARANTINE.

  • ANOTHER FUN FACT: KANSAS IS ONE OF JUST 50 STATES

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

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

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

  • CAN VOTE EARLY AND BY

  • BETTERKNOWABALLOT.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALL YOU NEED. THE LINK FOR KANSAS BELOW.

  • THE LINKS

  • IS

  • OKAY FIRST, MAKE SURE YOU'RE REGISTERED TO VOTERS CAN REGISTER ONLINE.

  • VOTE. MOST KANSAS

  • USE OUR LINK TO FIND OUT MORE. THE DEADLINE OCTOBER 13TH, SO DO IT NOW!

  • TO REGISTER IS

  • ONCE YOU'RE REGISTERED, YOU CAN REQUEST AN

  • ADVANCE MAIL BALLOT. USE OUR WEBSITE TO FIND THE APPLICATION.

  • FILL IT OUT CAREFULLY AND SIGN WHERE INDICATED. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AND ATTACH

  • MAKE SURE TO

  • A COPY OF YOUR PHOTO ID IF NEEDED. MAIL YOUR APPLICATION TO YOUR COUNTY ELECTION

  • COMPLETED

  • OFFICIAL. SURE YOU GET TO VOTE, DO IT NOW.

  • IF YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR BALLOT IN TIME

  • OKAY WHEN YOU GET YOUR ADVANCE MAIL BALLOT, CAREFULLY, FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS

  • FILL IT OUT

  • AND SIGN WHERE INDICATED. MAIL YOUR BALLOT BACK PROVIDED ON THE ENVELOPE. IT MUST

  • TO THE ADDRESS

  • BE POSTMARKED BY BUT THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE RECOMMENDS MAILING IT NO LATER

  • NOVEMBER 3RD,

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

  • YOU CAN ALSO HAND DELIVER YOUR ADVANCE MAIL LOCAL ELECTION OFFICE OR

  • BALLOT TO YOUR

  • DROP BOX BEGINNING IN MID-OCTOBER, OR TO ANY POLLING LOCATION IN YOUR COUNTY

  • ON ELECTION DAY. GO TO OUR WEBSITE TO CONFIRM HOURS AND LOCATIONS NEAR YOU.

  • NOW IF YOU WANT TO VOTE IN PERSON, YOU CAN VOTE IN ADVANCE AT YOUR COUNTY ELECTION OFFICES OR

  • SATELLITE VOTING LOCATION BETWEEN OCTOBER 14TH AND NOVEMBER 2ND.

  • YOU WILL NEED PHOTO ID. OR YOU CAN VOTE ON ELECTION DAY.

  • AT YOUR POLLING PLACE

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

  • SO THERE YOU ARE, KANSAS. KNOW ANOTHER

  • SMART KANSAN WHO WANTS TO VOTE?

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

  • WORD USING THE

  • COME ON, KANSAS! THERE MAY BE NO PLACE LIKE THERE'S NO "RIGHT" LIKE VOTING!

  • HOME, BUT ALSO

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

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