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  • HELLO, GEORGIA! REMEMBER ME? IT'S YOUR OLD BUDDY  STEPHEN COLBERT. DID YOU ENJOY VOTING IN THE 2020  

  • ELECTION? WELL CONGRATULATIONS! YOU'VE QUALIFIED  FOR THE CHANCE TO VOTE AGAINAND I'M HERE TO 

  • HELP YOU DO IT.   

  • IT'S TIME FOR PART ONE OF OUR ONE PART  SERIES, BETTER KNOW A RUN-OFF. TONIGHT,  

  • THE GREATEST STATE IN THE NATIONGEORGIA! "THE VOTIN' PEACHES!"

  • YES, GEORGIA: THE STATE SO NICETHEY'RE VOTING THERE TWICE

  •  AND WHAT MAKES GEORGIA THE GREATEST

  •  WELL FOR STARTERS

  • BOTH OF YOUR SENATE SEATS ARE BEING DECIDED IN RUNOFF ELECTIONS ON JANUARY 5TH THAT WILL DECIDE  

  • THE BALANCE OF THE U.S. SENATE! IT'S ALL BECAUSE GEORGIA LAW REQUIRES CANDIDATES TO GET MORE THAN  

  • 50% OF THE VOTE AND, IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTIONNO ONE MANAGED TO CLEAR "THE MAJORITY THRESHOLD."

  • "THE MAJORITY THRESHOLD," OF COURSE, ALSO THE NAME OF THE WORST-SELLING JOHN GRISHAM NOVEL.

  • HERE'S HOW YOU CAN GET STARTED VOTING IN THE GEORGIA SENATE RUNOFFS RIGHT NOW. FOR MORE  

  • INFORMATION AS WELL AS LINKS TO ALL THE RESOURCES YOU NEED, CHECK OUT BETTERKNOWABALLOT.COM/GA 

  •  OKAY FIRST, MAKE SURE YOU'RE  

  • REGISTERED TO VOTE. IF YOU ARE A U.S CITIZEN  AND GEORGIA RESIDENT WHO IS 18 BY JANUARY 5TH,  

  • YOU CAN REGISTER FOR THE RUNOFF ELECTION, EVEN IF YOU WEREN'T REGISTERED OR OLD ENOUGH DURING THE  

  • NOVEMBER ELECTION. MOST GEORGIANS CAN REGISTER ONLINE, OR YOU CAN SUBMIT A FORM TO YOUR COUNTY  

  • BOARD OF REGISTRARS. THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS DECEMBER 7TH: A DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN DEMOCRACY!  

  •  ONCE YOU'RE REGISTERED

  • YOU CAN VOTE EARLY IN-PERSON STARTING DECEMBER 14TH WITH A PHOTO ID. FIND YOUR COUNTY'S HOURS  

  • AND ADVANCE VOTING LOCATIONS ON OUR WEBSITE.

  • YOU CAN ALSO VOTE EARLY ABSENTEE. FIRST, REQUEST YOUR BALLOT ONLINE. THE LINK IS ON OUR WEBSITE.  

  • BALLOTS ARE SENT OUT AS EARLY AS NOVEMBER 18TH, SO TO MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR BALLOT IN TIME TO VOTE,  

  • REQUEST IT NOW.

  • NOW WHEN YOU GET YOUR BALLOT, FILL IT OUT  CAREFULLY, FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS AND SIGN  

  • WHERE INDICATED. RETURN YOUR COMPLETED  BALLOT TO YOUR REGISTRAR'S OFFICE OR A  

  • SECURE DROP-OFF LOCATION IN YOUR COUNTY  BEFORE CLOSE OF POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.

  • YOU CAN ALSO RETURN IT BY MAIL TO  THE ADDRESS PROVIDED ON THE ENVELOPE.  

  • IF MAILED, YOU WILL NEED A STAMP AND SINCE  YOUR BALLOT MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 5TH,  

  • THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE RECOMMENDS SENDING IT NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 29TH. PLAY IT SAFE AND  

  • DO IT RIGHT AWAY!

  • YOU CAN ALSO VOTE AT YOUR POLLING PLACE WITH PHOTO ID ON THE DAY OF THE RUNOFF, JANUARY 5TH. WEAR A  

  • MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS, GO VOTE!   

  • SO THERE YOU ARE, GEORGIA. KNOW ANOTHER  SMART GEORGIAN WHO WANTS TO VOTE IN THE  

  • RUN-OFF? JUST SEND THEM THIS VIDEO, AND SPREAD THE WORD USING THE HASHTAG #BETTERKNOWARUNOFF

  • NOW GO VOTE, GEORGIA. RUN OFF TO THE RUN-OFF

HELLO, GEORGIA! REMEMBER ME? IT'S YOUR OLD BUDDY  STEPHEN COLBERT. DID YOU ENJOY VOTING IN THE 2020  

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