US Elections 2020: John Oliver opens up about voting, says 'I nearly burst into tears'

On Monday, vember 2, comedian and TV host John Oliver was a part of Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Amid ir conversation, Stephen went on to ask John about his first presidential election as he is an American citizen w. As seen in video that surfaced on internet, Oliver said, "It was amazing. As an immigrant who got his US citizenship in December last year, I was waiting for that to feel real".

Oliver ded, "You worry about your immigration status all time. And even getting your passport doesn't feel real because you haven't tested it against a system. Standing in line, I didn't feel it. Giving my name and getting ballot, I didn't feel it. Scanning it into machine and machine saying 'your vote has been counted', I nearly burst into tears".

John Oliver ded that it is truth and that his eyes got misty. He furr said, "I don't kw if I can cry in a voting station." Giving away more details about his experience with US Elections 2020, John said that he waited in queue for one and a half hours.

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Polls have begun to close for US Election 2020 as Americans get rey to choose next president between Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Tuesday, vember 3 (local time) in just a few hours. According to PTI,  US appears to be on track to see over 160 million votes cast in 2020 presidential election, a turut rate of about 67 per cent, which is higher than country has witnessed in more than a century.

More so, voting across nation was largely smooth as voters lined up early in morning across polling stations to cast ir ballots in one of most consequential and polarised elections in US history that took place in show of a devastating coronavirus pandemic.

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