Get text alerts about your ballot in Washington state

• Voters who sign up for text alerts will also receive messages when their ballots are received and accepted.

How it works: You can sign up to receive the text updates about your ballot status by going to votewa.gov, the state's voter registration portal.

• Go through the process to update your voter registration address (you don't actually have to change it — you can enter the same address as before) and you'll eventually see a box you can check that enables the text notifications.
• You'll need to provide a current cellphone number to ensure you get the messages.

State of play: More than 40,000 Washingtonians had signed up for the text message service as of Tuesday, according to the Washington Secretary of State's Office.

• The text alerts about ballot status first became available earlier this year and were used during the August primary election.

Of note: The last day to update your voter registration online before the November election is Oct. 30.