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Consider This podcast from NPR. Good afternoon from the KUOW Newsroom. This is Seattle now. Counting down six days until the election. I'm Paige Browning. Coming up, how to properly get your haunt on tomorrow in Seattle. But first, a roundup of today's top stories. It's Wednesday, October 30th.

Ballots are rolling in at a faster pace in Washington as we get ever closer to the November

election. About 35 percent of registered voters have cast a ballot so far. About 16,000 of the

ballots are being challenged for signature mismatches and other similar issues, election officials

will reach out to those voters directly to resolve the issues. Eligible voters can also still

register to vote in person all the way through next Tuesday. Investigators are looking for the

driver of a dark-colored Volvo who appears tied to the three ballot box attacks this month, all in the Vancouver and Portland areas.

Portland police said today they believe the suspect has a wealth of experience in metal fabrication.

Washington's Secretary of State Steve Hobbs is now looking at ways to improve security in the future and will ask the

state legislature for help. It's going to take time for us to do a little lessons learned, put

bill together, but then we'll be ready once session starts in January. It takes a process,

but the good thing is that by the time the legislature is over, that gives us plenty of time to get

ready for the next election.

Voters who want to check on their ballot status can visit votewa.gov. Here's why it's good to vote early or at least check for your ballot. 200 to 300 ballots that were supposed to go to voters in

Whitman County are missing. The spokesman review says they were processed by the U.S.

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