-We're trying to change this narrative around about elections because quite frankly, they are very secure.

-Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs updates important election reminders ahead of November.

He's also fighting to protect our state's decades long vote by mail system amid attacks on it by the President.

This week on The Newsfeed, we're cutting through voting misinformation in a series on our elections to better arm you before hitting the ballot box.

Washington's August primary is over.

The next big voting cycle is the general election, as the state is in its own battle to preserve your sensitive information.

While most state election information is common knowledge, there still may be some confusion.

We want to help you get up to speed with crucial new information, such as changes to post marking a ballot.

We tap the state's top election administrator to ask two questions to get the facts about the state's election system.

The first question I asked Steve Hobbs... Is it still okay to vote by mail in Washington in the upcoming November 3rd election?

-Absolutely.

But if you're about a week from the election, you should put it in a drop box, not a mailbox, because the USPS, they had some rulemaking about a year ago on when the postmark is made.

-Hobbs says ballots have to be postmarked before 8 p.m.

on that Tuesday.

How secure are elections in all 39 counties in Washington?

-Very secure.

And in fact, if you have any doubts, go visit your local elections center.

They would love to have you in there and actually see the elections go on, with your own eyes.

You can actually see the ballots going out, coming in, being opened.

-Next time you'll hear an update from Washington's Attorney General on his office's fight to protect voting rights here in the state against the current administration.

I'm Paris Jackson.

Thank you for watching The Newsfeed.