Election day is one week away.

If you haven't turned in your ballot yet, the Washington Secretary of State says at this point, the best way to turn it in will be through an official ballot drop box.

That's because changes made last year affect how quickly the U.S.

Postal Service applies postmarks.

Ballots returned through the mail must be postmarked on or before Election Day to be considered on time.

If you've already dropped your ballot off at the post office, it will likely be postmarked in time, but that window is closing.

Just put it in a drop box.

Do not mail it, because the rule making that the United States Postal Service did about a year ago with the postmark, can delay your postmark 2 to 5 days later.

If you insist on wanting to mail it or or using the U.S.

Postal Service, the best thing to do, especially if you're within that week, is to actually go to a postal clerk.

Have them stamp it.

Really, that's the only way you'll be assured, within that week period, that you've postmarked it.

The Trump administration's efforts to try to control or restrict mail-in voting systems through executive orders, made headlines over recent months.

Washington Attorney General, Nick Brown, recently told voters at a local forum, those were all successfully challenged in court to uphold local control over the electoral process.

The system that we have now is the system that we have always had.

Everything that you have done in the past, in terms of how you vote in Washington, is the way that you can trust our systems still.

The only caveat on that is I would continue to encourage people to not use the Postal Service and find a ballot drop box.

That is the safest, most efficient, and quickest way to make sure your ballot is counted.

Next time, we'll tell you about a group working to get out the vote.

I'm Paris Jackson.

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