Voting by Mail: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

With the 2020 presidential election nearing and a pandemic in full swing, John Oliver discusses why voting by mail is necessary, the fearmongering surrounding it, and why we need to start planning for November right now.
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[@christiantrosdorff1061]

Ok here's the thing: I was born and raised in Germany. Voting there means you get mail from the government early enough. No matter if it is a national, statewide or local election, you get either to choose to vote on location at the day in a school or wherever or you can choose to vote by mail. In some states they'll send you the forms with the mail including a free envelope included that has a printed on prepay stamp. In others you can just ring up or write you want a form for mail voting. And then you can vote the way you like. And surprise: It works and we never really had substantial problems with voter fraud. And now that they mentioned it in the show: A politician who urges citizens NOT to go to an election is a complete shame for a democracy and should immediately be thrown out. This is crazy illegal shit.

[@thomasmc9611]

The US is not a democracy and I would argue a politician pointing out the flaws in a system used to determine the direction the country should take even though it would likely damage his numbers is a noble one.

[@SuperLeica1]

Germany is one of the many civilized countries.

[@autogolazzojr7950]

@@thomasmc9611 He was talking about the Missouri governor's statements at 4:05, I believe. What he said was downright freighting. By the way, the US is a representative democracy.

[@sbnwnc]

Right. You live in _Germany_ a normal, functional country. The United States is not that. Not even close. HELP US!!

[@jacobh9264]

I am a German guy... our biggest problem with the election system is the debate about a gender equality in the parliament. When I saw this i thought that this is a report about rwanda or uganda....

[@Alcatraz152]

Voting in Switzerland: - every Swiss resident is registered at the municipalty they live in (mainly for tax purposes) - when there is a vote, every Swiss citizen (18y+) receives an envelope from the municipalty containing a voter card, ballots and a return envelope - ballots are filled out by hand with yes/no (or names in case of elections) - the voter card is signed - the voter card and ballots are put into the return envelope and sent back to the municipalty by mail

[@Raguel88]

Same in Germany

[@domninin]

@@Raguel88 In Germany we don't sign voter cards, because it could lead to the government tracking who voted what. Rest is true though

[@aryangupta2577]

Well I am sorry not all live in rich countries like Switzerland,some of the youth have to make their own country rich AGAIN

[@bruh5361]

@@Raguel88 I even got my envelope to participate in German municipality elections while residing in the Netherlands!

[@andredeketeleastutecomplex]

Best way to trace desent is to let people put their name on it imo, election ballots themselves need to be anonymus.

[@monmon1741]

It’s 2 weeks after the 2020 presidential election. This aged like fine wine Mr.Oliver.

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

@lit lit that's fine, he's a Sewage Treatment Plant now.

[@emvandermeulen1908]

It’s 7 weeks after the election. He certainly got the taking a dump on stage part right.

[@aethelwolfe3539]

Aethel Wolfe “The press controlled state” by Charlamagne. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gV7Kaayhqaqgo8U

[@clarkwatson3217]

Fine wine ? Trump was right democrats stole the election by not giving an inch on verification of signatures on mail ballots

[@monmon1741]

@@clarkwatson3217 lmao you still on this fraud mess 🤪

[@michael_mcgowan]

As an aspiring artist, I actually have many fully functioning pencils and I know exactly where my pencil sharpener is, so I thought to myself, "I'm not living in a fantasy land." But, then I remembered I'm an aspiring artist... Well played, Mr. Oliver. Well played.

[@hypernovaneedsachillpill7088]

🤣🤣🤣

[@amelancholylady9109]

exactly the joke I was about to make as a graphic designer 😂

[@noahgray543]

"An aspiring artist is just an author before they get their obligatory drinking problem." - Stephen King Ok, Stephen King didn't actually say that, it was just my first thought when I read, "I'm an aspiring artist." But it sounds better if he said it.

[@MisatoBestWoman]

Same …

[@imac.13]

I know for a fact that I have pencil sharpeners, I'm still in school and an artist, but I could only find my one broken sharpener when he said that.

[@johnnyappleseed4279]

I love how they can acknowledge that a higher voter participation can go in the democrats favor. Imagine thinking that having a higher voter participation is a bad thing. Quite the democracy we have going

[@anix712]

@@monochromaticspider Because the people who vote for them don't believe, or simply don't care that they're actually the minority (politically). They only care if they win.

[@Avatarbee]

Watch the rules for rulers video. It talks about majority suppression in democracys (amongst other things) Kinda insane that they flatout admit it.

[@whitetigr8337]

Yeah, they used to try to keep this shit more under wraps, but I guess these days they're more willing to say out-loud what they're thinking. Guess they figure if they have the government enough by the balls, then they can be as brazen and outrageous as they want and nobody can stop them. At this point, they feel they have a good deal of power, so they feel entitled to admit that the reason they don't want mail-in voting is because (they think that) it would work against them. I appreciate you bringing this up, because it really says everything about the Republican party you need to know: They don't care about the will of the majority. And that they are anti-democracy. And if they don't care about the will of the people as a whole, then the only other reasonable conclusion is that they care about themselves: Power, money, or whatever else they get for being in office, or for supporting those in office...that's what they care about. They care about GETTING something from their country, not about giving. Contrast that with what John F. Kennedy once said, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." They've lied to us. They've stolen livelihoods from us. And they've told us it's our own fault. So this November, let's show them what we're made of. Let's give them the ass-kicking they deserve. 💪👊🤙

[@Shawk95]

Republicans seem to be highly scared of democracy. LOL

[@edwardzignot2681]

Republicans are the enemies of Democracy, what other conclusion can be drawn. They only care about keeping power.

[@toothpastehombre]

Oregonian here - we've had vote by mail for nearly 15 years. 15. Years. With next to zero problems. It is convenient. It is comprehensive. It is accessible. It is representative of the people. It is democratic. It is secure.

[@Arutha258]

@first last *Democratic republic

[@Arutha258]

@first last And furthermore. Our Constitution says every citizen has the right to vote. So if you truly agree with our Constitution, then you disagree with not letting citizens vote. This includes felons.

[@zmdumpbox2340]

All things ruling conservatives abhor, apparently.

[@AnEnemySpy456]

We have it in Washington too. Anyone telling you vote by mail is dangerous just doesn't want you to vote.

[@WindFireAllThatKindOfThing]

​@first last We also get a couple weeks to look over and research everything and everyone on the ballot before sending it in. We also get to look online how our vote was counted to make sure they didn't miscount it. That's a big deal. Everyone who tries to take democracy out of this country should hang. By the neck. Until dead. Traitors should die. I'll personally buy the rope.

[@annalattus8484]

As an Oregonian I appreciated the shoutout. Our voting system doesn't get talked about near enough. It really is awesome.

[@calebcorrea7556]

As an Oregonian I agree

[@fayzaanvirk2731]

Same here in Wisconsin.

[@killerqueen5924]

incredible how he completely called the issues with PA

[@peteswafflemeyer5620]

Except non of it turned out to be a problem.

[@Jan-wp6ym]

There is sooooo much wrong with my homecountry of Germany, yet I feel like living in paradise every time I watch news from the US

[@SpyroTheGerudo]

You still have grass. It's not the greenest on your side, but you still have grass. The US has no grass

[@berulan8463]

@@SpyroTheGerudo But luckily a growing lot of weed.

[@ossertthewozzard]

Exactly how I feel. I spend a lot of my time participating in political groups in my hometown because there is just so much I want to change in Germany, but seeing the US is on a whole new level

[@chaitanyarao5546]

Thank you so much for the suggestion! It turned out to an excellent read!

[@Pooksty]

I definitely wouldn’t come right now lol

[@keithwoodcrest]

My God. Look at how calmly Tucker Carlson says we haven't had mail in voting for 200 years. Think about how many people saw that.

[@sarahstearns2968]

I can't believe I am able to still be so shocked and horrified by their manipulations but here we are

[@keithwoodcrest]

@@sarahstearns2968 Yeah. I find myself saying, "I'm not shocked - but I'm shocked" at least 4 or 5 times a day

[@xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

Think about how many times people saw him spew his other radically ignorant opinions Bowtie carlson is a failure, only accepted by other failed "news journalists" like fox news, which ironically are banned in countries like the UK

[@molsongrrrl]

Tucker has the most punchable face. No mail in voting for 230 years?!? I guess he has no idea about military members? Didn't he hear his orange god votes by mail?!? I vote by mail in Florida. It's awesome.

[@keithwoodcrest]

@@molsongrrrl I bet its only going to be a matter of hours before we find out he's voted by mail his entire life lol

[@fthomason93]

Is it just me or is John getting better without a crowd? His power is growing.

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

I worked a polling station in my town, where people distanced on their own, wore masks, used sanitizer, acted with adult behaviour, modelled said behaviour for their children, brought their own pens, and were polite, respectful, and responsible. My town is in Canada, so...

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

Also... absentee and mail in ballots were ALL counted. No signatures were required.

[@oncoucharrest5910]

What town had a recent vote in Canada?

[@globalwarmhugs7741]

@@oncoucharrest5910 the province of British Columbia

[@misosoup5ever]

"Chernobyl casual" is the best way to describe Corona-fashion rn

[@The_main_andrew]

Agreed

[@jackkraken3888]

You're crazy, take this one to the infirmary.

[@jayyyzeee6409]

3.6 Roentgen, not great, not casual.

[@ryynerwicked2762]

Umm no not even close to accurate

[@Kamamura2]

WTF is "corona fashion"?

[@brandongratta9040]

The guy saying "no one under 65 can say they're afraid" is the same genius that said "we might need to let old people just die to let the economy open. I'm ready to die"

[@k.c1126]

I am almost persuaded to reply to him, "Well, get on with the dying, then!"

[@Gaius__]

Well, he should set a good example then.

[@gi0nbecell]

Voting by mail has been common and legal for many years for every citizen in Germany. You know, a country with a real, functional democracy. And if bloody works!

[@elaineb7065]

Germany does that. Things there either work, or get booted up the rump until they do. If for no other reason than every German learning all about the last two times things didn't work there.

[@Pundae]

We kinda have to vote by mail in the military if we want our vote to count... and we're government employees

[@brendaanneckelsamgc5583]

Voting by mail is critical to military, homebound, elderly, and disabled. It has been used for decades and it works. Thank you for highlighting the truth about voting by mail!

[@nicholasthompson7690]

I used it during college. Using it in this Election as well.

[@B_Bodziak]

I think you are mixing up "Absentee" voting with "Voting by Mail". To vote Absentee in many states, one must swear to a listed valid reason as to why you cannot make it to the polls: student, disabled, etc. Simply not wanting to stand in line for hours is not a valid reason. Edit: I am not personally saying not wanting to wait in line isn't a valid reason! That is simply what my state and many others have as laws on their books. It needs to change! I believe voting by mail AND online should be commonplace!

[@mourgraine221100]

@@B_Bodziak Why is that not a valid reason? Unless proof of fraud can be shown, why is that not a valid reason? Who decides what is a valid reason and what isn't?

[@B_Bodziak]

@@mourgraine221100 Oh, I agree that not wanting to wait in line IS a valid reason, but many states do not allow that!

[@edoardofrezet6671]

Lll

[@Roboterize]

Voting in Germany: You always have the option how to Vote. On the voting-day or by mail or weeks before the voting in registered places.

[@Kakyo01]

And in germany the voting-day is on the weekend and not in the middle of the week during working hours. (Who would've thought that the voter turnout is higher if ppl don't need to go to work at the same time/day. >_>)

[@xxJOKeR75xx]

@@Kakyo01 ya, for some weird reason Germany wants their people to vote...like, it's a democracy

[@Aswedishzeldagirl]

Similar here in Sweden

[@maeschder]

And no one ever trots out these boogeymen of "voter fraud" to scare people over 55 with less ability to discern bullshit (thats science btw)

[@TheUnillustratedChaos]

Du bist auch überall. Wait... Da ich das weiß, bin ich folglich auch überall🤔🤯 (we've definitely got too much thyme on our hands- get the reference🤨😁?)

[@palopatrol6010]

Trump: guys, dont vote by mail Supporters: ok *mail in votes are counted last* Trump: wOaH wHy aM i LoSiNg ???

[@Sammy-fq1lj]

hE diDn’T lOsE!¡! /s

[@dogcam8492]

The worst part is John predicted it

[@phanatic215]

Maybe he thought it was like when you invite someone to a party, and you tell them not to bring anything, but it really means "at least bring a six pack you cheap fuck".

[@Viking_Luchador]

@T H FALSE! he bankrupted THREE casinos

[@erlonger]

And he also voted by mail!

[@TheDnadoctor]

I love how I can look back at this show and afterwards see how absolutely PROPHETIC you were!!!

[@sport_and_tech]

"Dress Code: Chernobyl casual" almost choked me

[@evertvandenberghe]

Hear hear!

[@secretagent5954]

"chocked" 😭😂

[@rogermcgrath7946]

AMAZING. I LOL'd but in a genuine sense. Actually had to stop it, and replay it... chuckled like a horse.

[@TavisAllen]

Good try with English! I believe you meant to say "almost choked me!" A chock (noun) is a wedge placed (chocked - verb) under a wheel to stop it from rolling.

[@sport_and_tech]

@@TavisAllen Sorry mate, hard to keep up with all the 7 languages I speak :)

[@oORodeaOo]

Quarantine agressive John is the best thing that came out of this Pandemic

[@JITCompilation]

"You human boat-shoe" is a FANTASTIC insult.

[@norge0209]

He brings me so much joy!

[@Nipplator99999999999]

I agree, and would like to add in Simon Whistler from Business Blaze here on YT, watching these two slowly "adjusting" to quarantine has saved me from becoming completely feral, so far.

[@groovinhooves]

John is 'revenge' for the American Revolution-the best.

[@jackmorgan5794]

Jay RichRogers because he has an army of writers, and he says what’s written in a script they give him, you crayon chewing idiot.

[@16canadien]

Watching this while Biden flipped Georgia with those mail-in ballots.. Trump is probably punching the air right now

[@luiss.3866]

He was right. It's not like he's saying he doesn't want people voting. He doesn't want people voting by mail because he's guaranteed going to lose that way. Any other way he will win. And as I'm typing this I'm sure 173,000 more ballots with Nov 3 dates in them that all go to Biden will show up at a polling place in North Carolina.

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

@@luiss.3866 Trump literally said "stop the count" lol

[@LisaBeergutHolst]

Military personnel all vote by mail while on base. Guess Trump doesn't love the troops after all lmao

[@luiss.3866]

@@LisaBeergutHolst the election was over. It doesn't extend until the democrat nominee wins a lead. That's what he meant. Stop accepting late ballots.

[@luiss.3866]

@@LisaBeergutHolst Military bases are an exception. They don't really have a choice do they? And trump doesn't love the military is just not true. The only time I can think of is when he had a rally and them the to "clap you stupid basterds" ... oh wait that was slow biden.

[@justinrobertson5493]

It's scary how accurate he was in this video with what's happening.

[@Vinciini83]

Calling Tucker Carlson a 'Human Boat-Shoe' is probably one of the greatest, deepest, and most intricately-layered insults I have ever heard. It effectively sums up the man's class, his entitled arrogance, his shallow existence, his actual relatability to his fellow Americans, and the microscopic value of all those parts in summation to reality. Bravo!

[@junkejinx6226]

He called him a wanker without actually saying it 😂 w-anchor

[@braxinIV]

sandy pandy Jesus Christ. This joke just keeps getting deeper. Like an anchor would......

[@adamross2256]

And your breakdown-analysis of the insult is insightful and informative. Not all heroes wear capes! :)

[@sharkbaitj]

I thought he meant white, soft, and rubbery...;/

[@RononDex35789]

Hey, boat shoes are cool do not defame them with a comparison to a reptile

[@johnd.1928]

U.S. military personnel overseas and other overseas USG federal personnel have been voting by mail for YEARS, and none of these people had a problem with it then.

[@AxxLAfriku]

ORORORORO!!! I spend half of my day sleeping! ORORORO!!! Then I sometimes get up and tell you that I am a famous content creatorORORORORO!!! Please don't sleep while driving, dear jon

[@hunterblane610]

AxxL That might be the random and irrelevant comment I’ve ever seen.

[@kappadarwin9476]

Because Democrats out number Republicans, so Republicans have to resort to voter suppression to stay relevant because after Trump Republicans are going to have a hard time appealing to his base when the day comes and Trump is no longer there for them.

[@TheKrinkled1]

The military has been voting by mail since 1864. republicans love riding the backs of the military all the while whipping the service men and women into subservience.

[@squanch4458]

It’s funny to me how Carlson is either blatantly lying or has no idea what he’s talking about

[@vincentguttmann2231]

The most interesting thing is that he himself voted via mail. And, additionally, voting machines are much more vulnerable, as was shown here previously.

[@dickbong3661]

That whole pencil lecture was extremely confusing before I remembered that right, I'm an artist, most people don't have multiple pencils, a kneaded eraser, and an electric pencil sharpener on their desk at all times.

[@ellendavis9272]

Imagine actually knowing where your art supplies are! I haven’t seen and eraser in months

[@Cadesworth]

Hello fellow fandom artist :>

[@mashamitchell9574]

Calling Tucker a "human boat shoe" was the laugh I needed today.

[@danjo1967]

tuckers face is so punchable

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

My boat shoes are offended by this.

[@NurseryLandscaping]

British humor? I don’t get the joke

[@marcasswellbmd6922]

Just looking at Tucker's face makes me laugh.........

[@Link-yp2ki]

@RK SMLMN It sounds like something Biden would call one of his supporters at a rally.

[@noafproductions6144]

"Stop playing politics with our lives." That gave me chills.

[@Caliekat15]

It's true and it is sickening

[@player_michaelous]

Same. It's so true

[@Fifthelement203]

noafproductions the US’ answer: NO. Never

[@lincolnsand5127]

I've lived in Oregon my whole life. And for over 20 years, we have exclusively voted by mail for every type of election. We don't have such a thing as in person voting. You also are automatically registered to vote when you turn 18 or get a driver's license unless you opt-out.

[@marisachapman6764]

I'm just watching this episode now. It's amazing how John predicted so many things that did happen regarding voting by mail.

[@BigDickMcFlick]

I've never voted in person. Every vote i've made my adult life has been by mail (Thank you Washington State). I've been pissing Tucker off for years now and didn't even know it. Thanks for making my day John!

[@lachlanhudson7404]

Ive also only voted by mail my entire adult life #collegekeepingmeawayfromlocalpollingstations

[@Gaius__]

A classical example of a person doing good deeds just naturally, without even realising it 😁

[@EllieCarina]

German here, I haven’t voted in person in literal years, mail-in voting is so much easier, 10/10 would recommend

[@sanSDI]

In einem System in dem jeder Wähler automatisch zur Wahl gebeten wird, ist das super. Das funktioniert hier weil wir automatisch im System sind. Die Amis müssen aber einen so genannten Caucus oder Causus ausfüllen, dafür gehen Leute rum und stellen persönliche Fragen, wie, wohnst du hier, wie viele wohnen hier, Alter etc. Und das machen viele nicht, warum der Regierung was über einen erzählen wenn sie eh nichts für einen tut. EDIT Census, ich bin mir nun wirklich sicher das es Census heisst XD

[@morningstarbedell5318]

I always vote by mail very easy

[@gaenseblaemchen]

@@sanSDI bei uns gibt es auch einen Zensus. Aber das Problem ist ja eher, dass man sich in der USA bei jeder Wahl registrieren muss. Oder werden da nochmal die Fragen gestellt?

[@falconeagle3655]

America is a third world country right now difficult to go to the level of Germany

[@nicemelbs]

I'm not an American and we don't have the option to vote by mail. I live in a country where politicians cheat in every conceivable way. I remember when I was young, before we had electronic voting, votes were tallied by hand from the night of the election day to about a month until they release the final tally. Every election, it's a guarantee that electricity would go out for the night. Whether it's a national or local election. To me, mail-in voting seems like something our corrupt politicians would exploit. How does your country combat this issue? EDIT: I'm not implying that your elected officials are as corrupt as ours. With all the vote-buying, tampering and even murder, I just can't see mail-in voting being viable in my country.

[@shannontobin7825]

Sometimes I remember that the past 14 months (and just the past four years in general) have not been normal and I get overwhelmed with realizing how absurd everything is rn

[@WillRennar]

Another option: Get your ballot by mail, fill it out, and then drop it off at your nearest polling place or other designated ballot drop-off location. You can skip the line AND help keep the mail-in system from getting overloaded.

[@The_main_andrew]

There are sooo many amazing quotes from the episode. “Chernobyl casual” “You Human boat shoe” “First you have to know a dead person, which is hard they are anti-social” And I am only halfway through. Thank you John!

[@rainydaygirl57]

Yes!!! Thought exactly the same thing. So rewarding.

[@jfu5222]

"At a certain point, hunger outweighs fear" the official slogan of Taco Bell

[@dhabbott41]

Best comment by far.

[@vandalhandle]

“No one has a pencil sharpener.” The artists are angry, the graphic designers are googling 'what is a pencil?'

[@LynxHazard]

Why it's that beefed up, feature heavy, stick I use on my Wacom tablet or iPhone, right?

[@fatezaragosa2540]

Fool I own mechanical pencils cause I like sketching before putting it on the computer

[@UncleBuck3t]

Lmao when Oliver talked about pencils I was like “suckerrrr I got mechanical drafting pencils with high quality erasers and eraser refills” 😂😂

[@alienbacon656]

I have two pencil sharpeners! One normal obe and obe with the two holes for different pencil thickness.

[@adamboyd1132]

The drafters have a cup full of mechanical pencils on the desk. "What's a pencil sharpener?"

[@LeBonkJordan]

My favorite photo of the situation in Wisconsin is that one of that guy standing in line (6 feet apart) holding a sign that simply said "THIS IS RIDICULOUS"

[@ntombikayisenzimande1362]

my man said: "your dress code is chernobyl casual". death has become me!!!

[@onkelpappkov2666]

I'm German. I love this show. But while we have a boatload of problems here, many episodes make me wonder what's going on across that pond. Voting by mail is such a standard thing here. They actually send you a return envelope along with your voting information and verification. You can decide whether you want to take that to the polling station and hand it over in exchange for your ballot or send it in to receive your ballot by mail. I used to always go vote in person and tried mail voting when I had to work. It takes time but it is incredibly convenient. All the information and deadlines are on there, there is little chance of error. Apply for mail vote (automatically invalidating your direct vote) by sending your verification back (or do it online or by phone, I think that works as well), get the ballot, make a cross, sign it, use the return envelopes that even come in two colours with lots of "how to" information. Put it in the mail. Secure, easy, convenient and relatively fast. It's like an episode about why the USA should have water pipes from non-poisonous materials or like, human rights or whatever. It feels so bizarre. We're not unconcerned over here either but it feels like we share half of your problems and are only half concerned about them. Same with going to the doctor for free or not going to jail without trial or all those other things. Then again, we don't have Adam Driver. Crush me like my crippling debt, you abominable leviathan! Break me like my faith in humanity, you fearsome hunk!

[@DuizhangLu]

It's a dumpster fire masquerading as a country.

[@danielsanchezbravo6527]

as the rest of the world, i don't understand u.s. citizens

[@MollyAhern]

Daniel Sanchez Bravo as a US citizen, I wish I could let you know but I'm just as lost

[@praveshsharma2820]

Daniel Sanchez Bravo It’s been a rough year for us and it’s getting worse.

[@OWLGSTV]

The US a Neapolitan ice cream of social economic problems just sprinkled with disproportionate death of blacks at at hands of law enforcement with a racism as 🍒 on top

[@redreaper2752]

“Stop playing politics with our lives” well said ma’am.

[@kilroy987]

I thought about the future next episode of Last Week Tonight airing with an audience and the loud applause, and a tear came to my eye. It will be a good time when that finally happens.

[@DanSk451]

This should be trending # 1 right now. And for 2 more months.

[@Pluveus]

"If you think you're in any way prepared to bring a working pencil to a polling station, you live in a fantasy world." As a D&D player, I'm not sure if that was a shout-out or a call-out.

[@missybarbour6885]

So specific, and yet

[@elijahkulpinski4983]

*sweats in online campaign*

[@mohammedsarker5756]

man, i started playing DnD cus of corona, and now it feels like its everywhere lmao

[@rickc2102]

I write, and use a mechanical pencil a lot, have plenty of HB leads and numerous extra erasers. 🤷‍♂️

[@sachinaraszkiewicz785]

@@elijahkulpinski4983 Yeah, I switched to roll20 for the lockdown and I really have no idea where my pencils are :/

[@mustymoose]

I live in Washington state where we have had only voting my mail for years. I really like it, no standing in line and you can sit down with all your info and take time to carefully decide all your choices.

[@puckstopper25]

Which is likely one of many reasons they don't want you able to do it.

[@aj383]

Oregonian myself, but I totally agree.

[@hunnerdayEDT]

Yeah, I can research every candidate and resolution before I vote. I love that about WA.

[@rhondablevins4466]

Akmal Ibrahim So obviously a troll that you don’t even know how ridiculous this comment was.

[@drpepperman2765]

@@akmal94ibrahim Okay, cool, but what's your point here?

[@thecrescentsun]

Watching this in November is a trip

[@spicypancakeproductions5057]

The election was so nervewrackong, I had to go on my patio and smoke an entire joint by myself to relax

[@Symphing12]

Re: owning pencils. You underestimate my stationery obsession!

[@Daenym]

I didn't even know there was a third Hemsworth. This is big news.

[@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460]

There is also a fourth Hemsworth brother! Larry. He's a pediatric surgeon with severe self esteem issues. 😂😂😂 (watch The Good Place season 3)

[@rodaxel7165]

He's on HBO's Westworld. Luke. He's aight. 😂

[@chrissterley3992]

They actually used a Hemsworth brother to play Thor in the play that Loki put on in Thor Ragnarok

[@sluttymctits4496]

This is exactly what I was going to comment. Glad I saw this first -- no one likes a duplicate.

[@cathl4953]

Third Hemsworth is no Hemsworth The one he is referring to is the fourth one

[@franz6047]

2016: John declares that he is desperately looking forward to 2020 2020: John fondly remembers the good old days of 2016

[@AWindy94]

This is a whole Mood

[@primarchkhas726]

@@AWindy94 if youre a soft little baby. Sounding like boomers already

[@CT-um7zq]

Remember his last episode of 2016 with the musical and fireworks that burned the numbers to a crispy pile of ash? Imagine how epic this year's last episode will be. I'll breath a sigh of relief

[@CT-um7zq]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoKZiIOlYtSKa7M

[@nathanlevesque7812]

@@primarchkhas726 it doesn't take much to set you off huh

[@jameschapman3737]

Well this aged superbly well.

[@JennzOrs]

Imagine telling your voters voting by mail is fraudulent, then losing because Biden's mail-in voters decided to vote 🤣

[@edgardelugo1733]

This year has been the longest millennium of my life.

[@virgovertigo8076]

Mood

[@tradingfriends]

Watching this after everything else that happened today alone, I thought this twitter mail voting thing was months ago

[@Mjgirl55]

AMEN!! 👍

[@emudeko]

Let's Bern the whole place down!

[@DeathBySnuuuSnuuu]

Ok zoomer

[@RebeccaPaige]

Trump's attitude is "If the vote wasn't for me then it was fraudulent."

[@matthewchandler7845]

HAHAHAHA So true

[@michaeladkins6]

Just like his preferences in protesters.

[@joeberi1551]

Rebecca Paige Ayatollah Trump Ali gave ultimatum again!

[@dagochen]

If voting would change anything, it would be forbidden. - Vladimir Putin

[@gam3rmom3nt3]

@@dagochen hol up

[@JoshFromGA]

It's hilarious that as he was ranting about pencil sharpeners, mine was sitting in front of me. In my kitchen. Exactly where it shouldn't be.

[@jasoneric4868]

John Oliver is treasure. He's precious for us.

[@n3rdstrength]

John feels different this episode, I think he's hit his quarantine stride.

[@jennifergreggerson6225]

Which means something else is about to happen to scramble things up. 2020's motto is : "Don't get too comfortable"

[@seancourtney5548]

Yea this is honestly the best episode since quarantine began.

[@aunulimansfield3277]

How long in quarantine will it take for us to get a liberal Alex Jones? Oh don't tell me, I don't want that now that I think about it

[@waynekenney9311]

He didn't have audience laughter and it screwed him up for a while, but now he can make the jokes without the laughter and it flows better.

[@figmentypigmentycrossertos1744]

*Jon

Gotta love how the "home of the free" is classified as a "flawed democracy" at best and how they think that higher voter turnout is somehow "bad" or "partisan".

[@CC-xf4pz]

João Luis Ramos Tavares lol! Because voter registry hasn’t been cleared and kept up on. They send ballots out to dead people and people who have moved.

[@dustincrawford6783]

@@CC-xf4pz you clearly didn't listen to anyone except trump

@@CC-xf4pz one would think that a technological powerhouse as the USA would be able to cross data between birth and death certificates and voter registration... but apparently they're fresh out of technology due to spying on their own citizens.

[@Futu06]

@@CC-xf4pz Yeah, but then that's not really "voting by mail is bad", it's "sending ballots out to dead people or to wrong addresses is a waste of paper". That's not a good reason to object to voting by mail in and of itself.

[@thisismetoday]

I think this may finally be the time where Americans realise their country is by far not the greatest place on earth.

[@cerealvapist333]

17:35 spooky how spot on he was.

[@richardsleep2045]

Yes I've belatedly discovered a gem in our Mr Oliver. Nobody back here in blighty has a clue who he is, how the hell did I miss that? Brilliant, thanks.

[@DarshanIyengar]

That "Chernobyl casual" comment had me rolling!!

[@hollyabair]

"Who owns a fully functioning pencil?" D&D players. Every single D&D player.

[@itchy-de]

But do you honestly believe a D&D player would risk their pencil for such mundane tasks as casting a vote?

[@hollyabair]

@@itchy-de that is a fact. I guess for my own personal use, I would find it an acceptable risk.

[@Blazer6464]

....a No. 2 pencil or a mechanical pencil?

[@hollyabair]

@@Blazer6464 yes. I have both. I mostly use mechanical but the erasers on those are abysmal so I also have a No 2

[@JonathanKillstring]

@@Blazer6464 That's a good shout. All mechanicals, everywhere I see.

[@miltonvoight3374]

John Oliver is doing a great job of making me laugh without a studio audience.

[@Geekus]

Everyone, everyone, honestly, observational criticisms and much-deserved headshaking aside, what can we actually do to protect this election? How can we help the USPS when they've just announced that 47 states might not get their ballots on time? Like, it's not enough just to let it happen and then go "Yep, that happened, damn this country sucks", we actually have to do something right now.

[@yviruss1]

Appreciate your rightful sense of urgency.

[@kyledavis2758]

“First you have to know a dead person. That’s hard to do, they’re antisocial” COMEDY GOLD 😂

[@CC-xf4pz]

Kyle Davis no you don’t. The dead person could have lived at your residence at one point. Or in a nursing home... which if you look at the Covid death numbers in dem states, tends to be 40 some odd percent of the deaths because the Dems had a bill to keep and put Covid patients in nursing homes... think about that for a minute.

[@kitcoffey7194]

'Taco Bell: When Hunger Outweighs Fear." That burn was so good it cooked their food.

[@samualwatkins]

Dam, that’s steel melting temperatures.

[@kellym9190]

@samualwatkins Oh, you mean that shit their ground “beef” was filled with, prompting a recall of 2.3 mil lbs of it? 🤣

[@mollymcdonald4326]

Hilarious.

[@freeinallthings]

We HAVE had mail in ballots for the last 150 years.

[@mayalouwho2597]

“You human boat shoe” is the sickest burn I’ve ever heard

[@spiralbones]

Laughed so loud at that

[@AxxLAfriku]

Why is Donald Trump pretty and I am not? But why does he only have a wife but I have TWO HOT GIRLFRIENDS who I show off in my masterpiece YT videos? Do you know the answer, dear mays

[@dylanbasil4100]

It’s was brilliantly delivered! I laughed out loud as well.

[@mrusi29]

Fucking epic. Tucker Carlson is one of the nastiest humans on this planet

[@FreedomForever2010]

I don't know, I thought, "At a certain point, hunger outweighs fear" being the motto of Taco Bell was the winrar.

[@hellcat1988]

What a shock that the group that usually benefits from low voter turnout would encourage people to not vote and want to prevent voting by mail... It's almost like they know they're shit and don't want to loose power.

[@Dryltd]

Electoral Boards throw out ballots. That's why they know it can be manipulated because they already manipulate votes.

[@paulwinegardener8407]

lose*

[@tylerprince5532]

The Dem primaries were cheated for Hilary in the last two primaries 😂 but okay

[@marvinurmenita1345]

@@paulwinegardener8407 irrelevant.

[@intheendyouwillknow2]

*almost* 😂

[@Theracooninyourbasement]

It's scary how accurate these predictions were

[@spicypancakeproductions5057]

John should have put money on it for sure

[@MustangChick922]

“Chernobyl Casual” I’m wheezing 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ffeff8353]

"Your dress code is Chernobyl casual" -- you kill me, John Oliver!

[@dinobrya2]

LOL!!!!!!

[@cosmicraysshotsintothelight]

You want him to do what to you? :-)

[@TurbidTG1]

"We're back tonight at 11:07. Due to the fact that we're producing remotely, we currently have to tape Saturday morning. That's never great, and this week, it's especially not-great. There's obviously a lot more to say than we were able to, and we look forward to saying it soon: - John Oliver on Twitter earlier.

[@oGPoLa]

Turbid you truly are everywhere my funhaus brethren

[@keco185]

I think it’s best they wait a week before commenting on the protests and riots. That way they will have more information to work with.

[@joecur7068]

Thank you cause I was like voter fraud right now really?

[@erichan7926]

ya i was expecting today's show be about the recent chaos. But hopefully next week's show will be.

[@radarmua2316]

@@oGPoLa Friendly reminder that ska came before reggae

[@Drizzle015]

"... and not in a good way." That was brilliant.

[@candilubk]

That Dame Dolla shout out was so unexpected. The references on this show just never fail to impress:)

[@sumdumbmick]

I always found it odd that my parents feel that mail is a completely safe way to ship everything except ballots.

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

They’ll send a birthday card full of cash through the mail sooner than a ballot

[@sailorplanetmars6103]

In fairness, most of the fearmongering isn't actually the mailing but the much, much more stupid idea of obtaining them fraudulently or... stealing them from mailboxes? That's interesting.

[@foxybrown5715]

Don't be an idiot, sheeple. And stop following the crowd. I just received something broken in the mail, yesterday. #JoeM

[@JukeboxTheGhoul]

@@foxybrown5715 But like, Europe and like every other developed democracy has mail in ballots.

[@SweetjamesjonesII]

Three of my dead uncle's got stimulus checks so maybe we shouldn't trust the government to handle the election buy mail properly

[@boRegah]

I feel like noone kept the quality of his show as unaffected by corona as John Oliver ❤️

[@NyanyiC]

I miss the audience and studio though 😕

[@scowell]

I vastly prefer shows without studio or laugh-track audiences... I believe most of them augment the audience with tracks anyway. If this pandemic results in the disappearance of the laugh track it will have been worth it.

[@JesusHComedy]

And by that you mean still no one is laughing

[@JesusHComedy]

Jk

[@nighttrain1565]

@@NyanyiC I like sheep to

[@thechemi5t]

What a truly prophetic video!

[@jarodstrain8905]

In Kentucky one of the difficulties is that while the state supposedly has certain requirements, those requirements are in force differently in every district. Being a truck driver from Kentucky I have continually been told that being out of the state were work is not a valid reason to get an absentee ballot. But they only tell you this after they check what party you are registered to vote for.

[@korose8]

Please keep in mind the postal service will be delivering all of those ballots to homes. We will be overwhelmed if people wait too long to ask for them. Please request absentee ballots early so we dont fall behind like the postal service already has with packages. Just a PSA from a postal worker.

[@leelindsay5618]

Thank you for being a postal worker & I hope you are also active in your postal union. Times are getting tough for USPS under this clown.

[@Gcat-ln6ok]

Nice tip. Thanks!

[@meatfistcannon3939]

thank you for what you do. and thank you for how much hard work and stress you must go through.

[@rickc2102]

We could always get Amazon to deliver them...

[@melvinjoseph7009]

This needs to be on top. Hit those likes!

[@lodrahil-.-9910]

This discussion about voting via mail is just one of these things where I can't understand the USA.. I'm from Germany and voting by mail is completely normal and very easy; you can just apply for it on the City-Website, get it delivered in time fill it out and send it back. In fact we had the mayor elections in march where the final ballot got held by mail ONLY due to the Coronavirus - everyone got his documents send to home without having to do anything. And nobody complained about fraud or anything. It's just completely normal and accepted here to vote by mail..

[@anix712]

It's honestly only an issue here now because the current president is extremely divisive, and the Republican party is afraid that increased voter participation will cause them to lose. They're already building up the BS machine in an effort to disenfranchise voters/as a way of preemptively trying to discrediting the results should they lose. Ironically the Republicans USED to be big proponents of mail in voting, because older people tend to be more conservative, and mail in voting helped make it easier for the elderly to vote.

[@adanflyber6341]

Well there are European countries where voting by mail is impossible and which find that the possibility to do so is weird and dangerous. In France, voting by mail has been discarded since 1975, because of the potential for voting fraud. These days there are people advocating for its return for our municipal elections' second round, but I don't think it's doable and I don't think it's whishable. Not even sure it's constitutionnal. People should vote on the same day, with the same information in hands (or at least the same opportunity to get such information).

[@j.liddle7580]

That works here because you have to register your household with the local government, along with citizenship information, I believe. The fear in the States is that ballots would be sent to everyone regardless of immigration status.

[@malteschaper3782]

@@adanflyber6341 Way to go Adan. Weird, dangerous, potential fraud, not doable, not wishable, not sure if constitutional. Spreading vague words around instead of actual arguments. The only point that comes near an argument is that every voter has to have the same level of information at hand. To that I reply: It's never guaranteed that every voter has exactly the same information at hand at any election. And this shouldn't be an issue anyway. In a free democracy you are supposed to vote for anyone you want for any reasons you want. Because you like the colour red more than blue or because you like one name more than the other. That vote is of the exact same value than that of professor whatshisname who has a masters degree in politic science.

[@rolfs2165]

​@@adanflyber6341 German here, you can request a mail-in ballot and _drop it at the city's electoral office until __18:00__ on election day_ and it'll still be counted. And we have people here who do that every single time. When you're voting by mail, you might miss out on stuff happening after you sent it back, that might change your mind. But at the same time you have way more time to research the people who are up to election than when you're standing in the booth and seeing their names for the first time.

[@JediBlackbelt]

"Hunger Outweighs Fear" Also the slogan of the Bolshevik Revolution. What? Too Soon? Ok I'll see myself out.

[@amirak129]

It’s been 2 months and I’m still laughing at “human boat shoe”

[@LuckyTondi]

I was honestly thinking the "getting ripped and shredded beef" part would lead to Adam Driver.

[@AlienValkyrie]

Don't worry, he's just pulling another trick on us, pretending to stop for a few weeks just to hit us when we least expect with a full two-minute ode of admiration.

[@LordAmerican]

Based on his tone I was expecting him to somehow bring Adam Driver into the pelican bit.

[@Doc_Aspy]

I'm actually a bit disappointed that he didn't bring up AD. 🤣

[@nicovds]

Me too 😂

[@Frazzled_Chameleon]

I feel let down. lol

[@telchar]

"hey, I have a pencil sharpener!" "WHERE IS IT" "Shit he got me"

[@dragongirl7978]

SAME 😂😂

[@csquared4583]

I was like I have so many pencils wait no all the erasers are hard and don't work shit

[@je23508]

Hey, I have a pencil sharpener AND know it is my husband's home office. 😃😋

[@telchar]

@@je23508 damn! But do you have any fully functional pencils?

[@EAenergy]

dragongirl7978 I work in construction. We all use knives 😂

[@TheReptilianBrain]

Thank you for what you’re doing with your platform. You’re a better American than a depressingly large segment of Americans.

[@luminis6950]

This aged well. John is a prophet

[@oce1989]

Or a leftist mouthpiece reassuring people it's totally legit before mass fraud takes place.

[@JD.Knight]

No, Trump is just that stupid and predictable.

[@missybarbour6885]

As one of those 107,000 Pennsylvanians who voted by mail in 2016, I would like to reassure you that they pack an "I Voted" sticker in the envelope for you! I will nevertheless be printing out that hamster in a speedo as well

[@raywhite7179]

They don't for us Utahns. :

[@GAY_RULE]

I dont care for a sticker but I do love the "I voted and Im not dead" sticker lol

[@moos5221]

how many stickers did you get in 2016? xD

[@Anfangxs]

The USA: We send man on the moon, but voting by mail is supposedly a big thing. Tell me more.

[@sebastianlavallee706]

@Robbin Hood Have you heard about punctuation? I seriously can't make any sense of what you wrote.

[@inkmarxx]

It's just not true. Look up the many states where it successfully is done, including Utah :) Mail in ballots are safe, convenient, and make it easier to vote!

[@tlgpb0627]

Robin hood this is simply not the case. There is a system and it works super well. Secondly, wtf did going through garbage be a thing. Honestly, this is not a widespread issue and if you are experiencing your garbage being rummaged through, you may need to do some serious thinking. Maybe use a shredder....idk. also i have received a ballot by mail for years, it came in my mail like bills do and was convenient.

[@xGEOBOMB11]

@Robbin Hood except no one actually sifts though people's garbage just for the low chance of finding an uncasted, undestroyed ballot

[@aziegster]

@Robbin Hood Let's be honest. Ballads don't need one staging area, the world is their stage. Oh, wait. You mean, ballots? Fucking hell. You'd think an English guy that robs from the rich and gives to the poor would learn how to fucking spell correctly. Take some of those shillings you stole and enroll in a spelling class instead of arming yourself and the Merry Men with extra arrows and tights.

[@seanasdfghjkl6437]

17:26 - Hours after Biden's been elected. This was pretty bang on Mr Oliver.

[@lowlygrunt]

The rant about pencils - so true so true....

[@Nana-ff3gr]

"At a certain point, hunger outweighs fear" - Taco bell 2020 I'm dead

[@geraldpatterson3903]

and your stomach screams "GOD NOOOOO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

[@garmenlin5990]

If voting by mail is so "fraudulent", maybe our service members overseas shouldn't be voting by mail either.

[@awebmate]

What surprised me is that Twitter seems to know for sure that it isn't. Who are they to say what's right in this matter?

[@Laurence2000]

If voting by mail is so fraudulent, the president and his press secretary shouldn’t be doing it.

[@4CiiD3]

You guys are all missing the points, it is not about whether frauding is practical or material, it is about losing the whole confidence of an election because people will think REGARDLESS of the fact there was fraud or not, that there was fraud. This is why there should not be voting by mail, and every current usage for any serious election is a bad idea. Also Twitter did not win the argument with fact, and it is just their opinion. How dare they call their opinion fact ?

[@4CiiD3]

@Luís Filipe Andrade No one is obligated to vote if they feel it is risky. They have the right to vote if they want, but if they do not want to, well they do not that is fine.

[@lisettegarcia]

Having been one myself, overseas service members often receive ballots late, their submitted ballots are not always timely received, and even when they are many states consider them provisional - meaning they are only counted in the event of a runoff and are subject to challenge and heightened scrutiny by the losing candidate. So, all votes are not created equal. Just sayin’...

[@karenwatkins655]

Now I want to move to Louisiana so I can get a king pelican “I voted” sticker.

[@JoshuaParkk]

Always laugh my ass off when I watch this guy

[@aceeverwoode1541]

"Human Boatshoe." I LOVE John Oliver's insults.

[@chrislehr5812]

Ace Everwoode Boat shoes are almost always an indicator of the person wearing them being a douche.

[@TheFiddleFaddle]

@@chrislehr5812 That's unfair to douches. Douches actually serve a purpose. Boat shoes do not.

[@quinnmarchese6313]

@@TheFiddleFaddle fun fact: in high school, i loved boatshoes. im back with converse now though

[@Cyberneticnixie]

@@TheFiddleFaddle Boat Shoes serve a purpose if you have a nice boat, but that doesn't necessarily help with the whole "being an in-touch, culturally-relatable human being" situation

[@MindfulMassage]

My favorite insult: Tucker Carlson... if the word "thud" had a face.

[@daxmiller35]

7:20 “Stop playing politics with our lives.” Soooooo true

[@davidfuentes9957]

You mean “stop throwing tantrums with our lives”

[@milesfriedman2109]

This episode is proof he can be funny even without an audience while still being a great journalist

[@michastrzelczyk7224]

omg I love Your brain man You are brilliant!! That Tucker bit lol

[@hallowen]

Someone needs to make a compilation video of all the times and ways John Oliver has ragged on Tucker Carlson. Because I would watch that on repeat all day.

[@QT5656]

YES please! 😁

[@neojc128]

Tucker Carlson's empty stares give me headaches

[@haft2beu]

that would be hot

[@lashinka2574]

Omg me too! 😂❤👏

[@Lethia13]

"sentient polo mallet"