Victory For Colbert

Comedian Stephen Colbert, who attempted to get on the Presidential ballot of South Carolina during last year's election, has achieved a major victory. Over the last several weeks, the comedian has campaigned on his Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report" to urge his fans to vote in NASA's contest to name a new wing of the International Space Station. As of today, Stephen Colbert has achieved victory. The name "Colbert" pulled in 230,539 of the more than 1.1 million submissions in the contest, taking the victory over NASA's suggested name "Serenity" which took in 190,000 votes. However, NASA claims that they still hold the right to name the wing of the Space Station whatever they choose, and claim to be making their final decision next month. Colbert also tried to get himself on the Democratic and Republican primary ballots in his home state of South Carolina. The Democratic Party's executive council voted against him, and he did not qualify for the Republican primary because he missed the deadline.

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