make sure your vote is counted is california secretary of state, alex, good afternoon secretary perdilla. >> 81 days until election day. 52 arriving in mailboxes in california. >> how many days? what is the date? do the math. i'll circle it on my calendar. >> to give us a little bit of wiggle room, the first week of october. so plenty early in california for voters, ample time to fill it out and send it back. >> all right. secretary, it is your job to ensure the integrity and access to voting in california. i want to start with this. for those who don't understand the crisis and the battle over the postal service, and have just heard bits and pieces in the news, what exactly is going on? >> look, we're hearing a lot of frankly, baseless attacks against vote by mail. let's know the truth. vote by mail is nothing new in california and nothing new in states across the country. we've been using it for decades. it is successful. it's secure. it is probably the safest way to vote this november given the covid-19 pandemic. but sadly every time trump raises an issue, it's his confessional becaus