Astronauts voted from space

The voters of the country who have voted from home in the midterm elections on Tuesday The abstention ballot is used for them. But you may be surprised to know that the astronauts of the country have been able to vote from space. And they voted ten, but the process of voting had to be started a long time ago.

Astronauts have voted for an act passed in 1997. The majority of the astronauts live in Texas (near Houston's Johnson Space Center), so the law is passed in Texas. The process of voting for astronauts began just one year before the election day. Make sure every astronaut will vote in a local, state and federal election. Six months later, they were given an abstention ballot request form.

Astronaut Shane Kimberro was on the International Space Station in connection with the US presidential election in 2016. He gave the experience of voting from space. A secure, encrypted email is sent to him from Texas, including the ballot. He fills the ballot and sends it back via email. This way the astronauts voted.

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