I like to wait until the last day to vote. What if Jay Inslee had pulled his own face off on Nov. 5 to reveal he was a space lizard? What if Rob McKenna had revealed he was actually my high school English teacher in disguise (seriously, they look alike)? What if Obama had eaten a puppy on live television (never mind, I still wouldn't vote for Romney.)
I put my ballot in a drop box on the Sunday before election day, and the King County on-line ballot tracker didn't acknowledge the County even *receiving* the ballot until the Thursday after election day. So, yeah, getting the ballots in by election day is not the problem.