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  • HELLO, MASSACHUSETTS! I'M STEPHEN COLBERT. VOTE IN THE 2020 ELECTION?

  • DO YOU WANT TO

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

  • IS THE

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

  • TIME FOR PART 44 OF BETTER

  • KNOW A BALLOT. TONIGHT, THE GREATEST STATE IN THE MASSACHUSETTS! "THE VOTIN' BAY STATERS!"

  • NATION:

  • WHAT MAKES MASSACHUSETTS THE GREATEST?

  • WELL DID YOU KNOW THE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS

  • WAS INVENTED IN

  • WHEN SEMI-SWEET CHOCOLATE BATCH OF COOKIES IN 1938?

  • RUTH WAKEFIELD ADDED PIECES TO A

  • AND, BEFORE YOU ASK, NO THEY'RE ALL GONE. YOU CAN'T HAVE ONE.

  • ANOTHER FUN FACT: MASSACHUSETTS IS ONE OF JUST 50

  • STATES THAT HAVE BEEN SELECTED TO VOTE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

  • IN THIS YEAR'S

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

  • RIGHT

  • THIS IS GENERAL INFORMATION FOR HOW YOU CAN VOTE MAIL. CHECK OUT BETTERKNOWABALLOT.COM

  • EARLY AND BY

  • FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALL THE LINKS YOU MASSACHUSETTS IS BELOW.

  • NEED. THE LINK FOR

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

  • MOST

  • THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER ONLINE IS OCTOBER 24TH, SO DO IT NOW!

  • YOU CAN REQUEST A "VOTE-BY-MAIL" BALLOT ONLINE, COMPLETED PAPER APPLICATION TO YOUR

  • OR DELIVER A

  • LOCAL ELECTION OFFICE BY MAIL, FAX, EMAIL OR TO OUR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE.

  • HAND-DELIVERY. GO

  • THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS RECOMMENDS THAT BALLOT BY OCTOBER 20TH,

  • YOU REQUEST YOUR

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

  • OKAY WHEN YOU GET YOUR BALLOT, FILL IT OUT CAREFULLY, FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS,

  • SIGN WHERE INDICATED AND MAIL IT BACK TO THE ADDRESS PROVIDED ON THE ENVELOPE.

  • BALLOTS MUST BE POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

  • NOVEMBER 3RD, SO THE

  • RECOMMENDS SENDING IT NO LATER THAN OCTOBER AND DO IT RIGHT AWAY!

  • 27TH. PLAY IT SAFE

  • ALSO, YOU CAN HAND DELIVER YOUR BALLOT OFFICE OR OFFICIAL

  • TO YOUR LOCAL ELECTION

  • BALLOT DROP BOX BY 8PM ON NOVEMBER 3RD. USE OUR FIND HOURS AND LOCATIONS NEAR YOU.

  • WEBSITE TO

  • OR, IF YOU WANT TO VOTE IN PERSON, EARLY AVAILABLE FROM OCTOBER 17TH

  • VOTING IS

  • TO OCTOBER 30TH. USE OUR WEBSITE TO FIND YOU. AND OF COURSE,

  • HOURS AND LOCATIONS NEAR

  • YOU CAN VOTE AT THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY. YOUR HANDS, GO VOTE!

  • WEAR A MASK, WASH

  • SO THERE YOU ARE, MASSACHUSETTS. KNOW

  • ANOTHER SMART BAY STATER WHO WANTS TO VOTE?

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

  • WORD USING THE

  • COME ON, MASSACHUSETTS! YOU'RE WHERE ALEXANDER THE FIRST TELEPHONE CALL.

  • GRAHAM BELL MADE

  • WELL, DEMOCRACY'S CALLING. PICK IT UP! VOTE!

HELLO, MASSACHUSETTS! I'M STEPHEN COLBERT. VOTE IN THE 2020 ELECTION?

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