Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Election 2020
Overview
Weeks out from the 2020 presidential election, John Oliver takes a look at various efforts to destabilize the vote, how to ensure your ballot is properly counted, and why we may need to prepare not just for an election night, but for an election month.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 2020-10-04
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Election 2020 is Episode 25 in Season 7 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2020-10-04. The runtime is 30 min.
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