HELLO, CONNECTICUT! I'M STEPHEN COLBERT. DO YOU WANT TO VOTE IN THE 2020 ELECTION? OF
COURSE YOU DO! EVERYBODY KNOWS CONNECTICUT IS THE SMARTEST STATE IN THE NATION.
WELL I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW BECAUSE IT'S TIME
FOR PART 32 OF OUR 50 PART SERIES: BETTER KNOW A BALLOT. TONIGHT, THE GREATEST STATE
IN THE NATION: CONNECTICUT! "THE VOTIN' NUTMEGGERS!"
WHAT MAKES CONNECTICUT THE GREATEST?
DID YOU KNOW CONNECTICUT IS HOME TO SO MANY INNOVATORS, INCLUDING MARGARET RUDKIN, WHO FOUNDED PEPPERIDGE
FARM BAKERY IN 1937. SHE NAMED IT AFTER HER FAMILY FARM IN FAIRFIELD WHICH FEATURED COWS,
SHEEP, AND FREE-RANGE MILANOS.
ANOTHER FUN FACT: CONNECTICUT 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 CONNECTICUT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS GENERAL INFORMATION
FOR HOW YOU CAN VOTE EARLY AND BY MAIL. CHECK OUT: BETTER KNOW A BALLOT.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION
ON ALL THE LINKS YOU NEED. THE LINK FOR CONNECTICUT IS BELOW.
FIRST, MAKE SURE YOU'RE REGISTERED TO VOTE. USE OUR LINK TO REGISTER OR CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION.
THE DEADLINE TO REGISTER ONLINE IS OCTOBER 27TH, SO DO IT NOW.
ALL ACTIVE, REGISTERED CONNECTICUT VOTERS SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED AN ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATION
IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, BUT IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE ONE, YOU CAN USE OUR LINK TO PRINT AN APPLICATION.
FILL IT OUT CAREFULLY, SIGN WHERE INDICATED AND RETURN IT TO YOUR TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE
BY MAIL, OR HAND DELIVER IT TO YOUR TOWN'S DROPBOX. IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET
YOUR BALLOT IN TIME TO VOTE: REQUEST IT NOW.
WHEN YOU DO GET YOUR BALLOT, FILL IT OUT CAREFULLY, FOLLOW ALL DIRECTIONS AND SIGN WHERE INDICATED.
MAIL IT BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THE ADDRESS PROVIDED ON THE ENVELOPE.
YOU CAN ALSO HAND DELIVER IT TO YOUR TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE OR DROPBOX. USE OUR LINK TO
FIND ONE NEAR YOU. CONNECTICUT BALLOTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY 8PM ON NOVEMBER 3RD, SO IF
YOU RETURN YOUR BALLOT BY MAIL, THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE RECOMMENDS SENDING IT NO LATER THAN
OCTOBER 27TH. PLAY IT SAFE AND DO IT RIGHT AWAY.
CONNECTICUT DOES NOT HAVE AN EARLY VOTING PERIOD, BUT YOU CAN VOTE IN PERSON ON ELECTION
DAY NOVEMBER 3RD. WEAR A MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS, GO VOTE!
SO THERE YOU ARE, CONNECTICUT. KNOW ANOTHER SMART CONNECTICUTER WHO WANTS TO VOTE? SEND
THEM THIS VIDEO, AND SPREAD THE WORD USING THE HASHTAG #BETTERKNOWABALLOT.
SO COME ON. YOU'RE KNOWN AS "THE LAND OF STEADY HABITS." I DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHAT ALL OF
THOSE HABITS ARE. THAT'S PERSONAL. BUT PLEASE, MAKE ONE OF THEM VOTING!