Stuffing the Ballot

"Stuffing the Ballot" is the antepenultimate mission in Saints Row.
==Overview==
With Stilwater under control of the 3rd Street Saints, it would seem like their troubles are over, but not long after Playa is promoted to second-in-command of the gang by Julius Little, Chief Monroe calls them up outside the church. Monroe is not happy with "that stunt [Playa] pulled downtown", referring to "Round Peg, Square Hole", and has arrested Julius Little. The corrupt Chief of Police threatens Playa into helping him and his associate Richard Hughes, saying that otherwise he'll kill Julius. Playa's first task is to murder Stilwater's current mayor, who is Hughes' mayoral opponent in the upcoming election: Marshall Winslow.
After hijacking the bus, Playa parks the vehicle on the train tracks and flees before an oncoming train smashes into it, instantly killing the earnest mayor.
===Story===
==Gameplay==
After watching the "Battlefield Promotion" cutscene, the player can begin this mission. In the first of three missions that compose the epilogue, Playa must hijack Winslow's Campaign Bus and park it on the train tracks before the train arrives, all within less than four minutes.
This mission begins with a phone call from Chief Monroe, the first objective is not given until after the call finishes, but the GPS route is immediately marked on the map. Don't wait for Monroe to finish talking; immediately get in a nearby car and follow the GPS.
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:HUD: Timer 3:45
:HUD: Winslow Bus (Health)
Once Monroe finishes talking, there is 3 minutes and 45 seconds to complete the mission.
The Winslow Bus HUD is displayed when approaching the bus. Before the HUD is displayed, the bus does not move, and is sitting still in Chinatown. Upon reaching it via the GPS route, it drives from left to right directly in front. Driving at full speed in an Attrazione, it is possible for the Bus Health HUD to appear before the timer.
The bus is being escorted by two Five-Os and two FBIs, and the occupants inside the vehicles are carrying heavy firepower. If Notoriety has been earned while driving here, they are immediately hostile, but without Notoriety they ignore Playa.
It is not possible to enter the bus until the bus health gets low, or the driver is killed. The fastest way to disable the bus is to park in front of the convoy, exit the vehicle, wait for the bus to stop and shoot the bus driver.
If the police are already hostile, it is still possible to kill the driver, albeit more difficult. The most reliable way to quickly stop the bus is to get ahead of it, get out and shoot it with an RPG Launcher or Platinum RPG.
The door to the bus is on the right of the vehicle, entering the bus completes this objective.
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:HUD: Timer
The hardest part of the mission is now over, so simply drive the bus to the train tracks a few neighborhoods over in Cecil Park and exit the vehicle, allowing the train to finish Winslow off. The bus controls quite well, and is invincible during the mission.
Although the two FBI vehicles continue following, there is a cap of two units of Notoriety during this mission.
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After parking the bus on the tracks, exit the bus and sprint away from the vehicle; the train arrives shortly and decimates the bus, completing the mission.
;Failure
The mission can be failed by getting smoked or busted, failing to reach the tracks before the train arrives., or destroying Winslow's bus,
As the bus is invulnerable, the only way to destroy it is to drive it into the water.
==Rewards==
==Newscast==
==Trivia==
* Marshall Winslow is sitting on the right side of the bus, near the front. He is looking out an open window. He can be killed during the mission and it won't fail, making the objective to park the bus on the train tracks seem redundant. If he is killed, his dialogue does not play.
* The newscast that plays after completing this mission contains several inconsistencies with what actually happened.
* This mission does not require Respect to play, along with "Canonized", "Back to Basics, "Hail to the Chief" and "Saints and Martyrs".
* The train featured in the mission is scripted and does not appear on this track outside of the mission, because it is a dead-end.
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