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  • IDA-HI, IDAHO! I'M STEPHEN COLBERT. DO YOU WANT TO VOTE IN THE 2020 ELECTION? OF COURSE

  • YOU DO!

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

  • WELL I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR PART 12 OF OUR 50 PART SERIES:

  • BETTER

  • KNOW A BALLOT. TONIGHT, THE GREATEST STATE IN THE NATION: IDAHO! "THE VOTIN' POTATOES!"

  • WHAT MAKES IDAHO THE GREATEST?

  • WELL, I ALREADY MENTIONED POTATOES JUST THEN BECAUSE IDAHO'S UNIQUE SOIL PRODUCES A THIRD

  • OF THE

  • NATION'S POTATOES.

  • BUT IDAHO ALSO PRODUCES THE MAJORITY OF AMERICA'S TROUT THAT'S HOW GOOD IS.

  • THE SOIL

  • ANOTHER FUN FACT: IDAHO 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 IDAHO RIGHT NOW. THIS IS GENERAL INFORMATION

  • FOR HOW YOU CAN VOTE EARLY AND BY MAIL. CHECK OUT BETTERKNOWABALLOT.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION

  • AND ALL THE LINKS YOU NEED. THE LINK FOR YOUR STATE IS BELOW.

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

  • THE DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 9TH, SO DO IT NOW!

  • ONCE YOU'RE REGISTERED, YOU CAN REQUEST YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT ONLINE THROUGH IDAHO'S ONLINE

  • PORTAL. AGAIN, YOU CAN JUST USE OUR LINK TO GET THERE. BALLOT REQUESTS MUST BE RECEIVED

  • IN THE COUNTY OFFICE BY 5PM ON OCTOBER 23RD, SO DO IT NOW.

  • OKAY YOU CAN ALSO REQUEST AND CAST YOUR ABSENTEE BALLOT IN PERSON AT YOUR COUNTY

  • CLERK'S OFFICE BEFORE 5PM ON OCTOBER 30.

  • WHEN YOU GET YOUR BALLOT, FILL IT OUT CAREFULLY, SIGN WHERE INDICATED AND MAIL IT BACK AS SOON

  • AS POSSIBLE TO THE ADDRESS PROVIDED ON THE ENVELOPE. YOU CAN ALSO HAND DELIVER YOUR BALLOT

  • TO YOUR COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE. YOUR BALLOT MUST BE RECEIVED BY 8PM ON NOVEMBER 3RD, SO

  • THE U.S. POSTAL SYSTEM RECOMMENDS MAILING IT NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 27TH. SO PLAY IT

  • SAFE AND DO IT RIGHT AWAY.

  • IF YOU WANT TO VOTE IN-PERSON, YOU CAN VOTE EARLY STARTING OCTOBER 19TH THROUGH OCTOBER

  • 30TH. IDAHO EARLY VOTING VARIES BY COUNTY SO CHECK THIS LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION. WEAR

  • A MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS, GO VOTE!

  • SO THERE YOU ARE, IDAHO. KNOW ANOTHER SMART IDAHOAN WHO WANTS TO VOTE? SEND THEM

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

  • SO GO FOR IT, IDAHO. YOU SAY "POTATO,” I ALSO SAY "POTATO." EVERYONE SAYS POTATO. NO

  • ONE SAYS "PO-TA-TOE." IT'S A MYTH. GO VOTE!"

IDA-HI, IDAHO! I'M STEPHEN COLBERT. DO YOU WANT TO VOTE IN THE 2020 ELECTION? OF COURSE

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