In the final week before election day, Washington has been making a lot of news – and not because of the candidates is on the ballot.

Instead, questions about election security and illegal voting are swirling around.

We’ll take a closer look at how our mail in voting system works with UW Professor Scott Allard.

Learn more about his research here.

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In the final week before election day, Washington has been making a lot of news &ndash; and not because of the candidates is on the ballot.
Instead, questions about election security and illegal voting are swirling around.
We&rsquo;ll take a closer look at how our mail in voting system works with UW Professor Scott Allard.
Learn more about his research <a href="https://evans.uw.edu/research/elections-database-vote-by-mail-research/">here</a>.
We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. <a href="https://donate.kuow.org/donate/seattlenow">Tap here</a> to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.&nbsp;
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In the final week before election day, Washington has been making a lot of news – and not because of the candidates is on the ballot.  Instead, questions about election security and illegal voting are swirling around.  We’ll take a closer look at how our mail in voting system works with UW Professor Scott Allard.