Will local election officials be able to mail every registered voter a ballot? A possible change to state law and the opportunity to do that was discussed by lawmakers this week.

The House Ethics and Elections Committee held a hearing about allowing counties to shift to largely mail-in ballot elections. The biggest change would be to allow counties to send every registered voter a ballot – now a voter needs to request one. William Cavecche, an election official from King County in Washington state says that’s what they do and its paid off.

If the law would go into effect and counties switched, polling places would still be open for those who wanted to vote in person.