washington secretary of stat kim weimann suggests election officials should send out absentee balloting to be as high as 80% to 90% turnout in some states the sooner you know what that looks like, the better prepared you're going to be >> reporter: also urging state legislatures to allow the processing and verifying of ballots in advance so they can count and report results faster on election night. also election administrators say voters need to educate themselves about how the process will work in their state to prepare. all of this as president trump is stepping up his effort to discredit mail in voting as vulnerable to fraud. ramping up attacks on twitter and on television. >> i think mail-in voting is going to rig the election. i really do. >> reporter: but there is no evidence of widespread fraud according to multiple studies. >> there's not widespread fraud. there hasn't been widespread fraud. with the right collaboration with the state and locals, there won't be widespread fraud. game, set, match >> reporter: also at play, some fear the election outcome could be headed for th