Election Day 2016 in Space

An American flag in the windows of the cupola aboard the International Space Station, Election Day 2016.

Thanks to a bill passed by Texas legislators in 1997 that put in place technical voting procedure for astronauts – nearly all of whom live in Texas – they have the ability to vote from space through specially designed absentee ballots. To preserve the integrity of the secret vote, the ballot is encrypted and only accessible by the astronaut and the county clerk responsible for casting the ballot.

Image Credit: NASA

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