Four NASA astronauts requested absentee ballots

It's Election Day for four NASA astronauts too. Here's how their ballots get counted
It's Election Day for millions of Texas voters, but that doesn't mean you have to be in Texas — or even on Earth — to have your vote counted. Four NASA astronauts are using electronic ballots this election cycle to vote from the International Space Station,
Four NASA astronauts requested absentee ballots to vote from space
I got my ballot in and made sure that mine got counted,” Astronaut Butch Wilmore said Tuesday during a talk with students at Tennessee Tech University.
How do you vote from space? NASA astronauts cast 2024 election ballots from ISS
If they can manage to vote from space, you can sure manage to get to your polling place to cast a ballot of your own.
‘Proud to Be American’: Sunita Williams and More NASA Astronauts Cast Votes from Space
A Texas law passed in 1997 enabled astronauts to vote from space, particularly those affiliated with NASA's Johnson Space Center. David Wolf became the first astronaut to cast a space ballot. NASA's Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) program facilitated this process by securely transmitting electronic ballots from space to ground stations.
How do astronauts cast their votes from space? NASA answers
Astronauts fill out a request for an absentee ballot, then fill out an electronic ballot, which flows through NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System to a ground antenna at the White Sands Test Facility in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
How NASA astronauts cast their US election ballots from space
We talk about mail-in voting in the United States Presidential Election, but what about voting from space? Here's how NASA astronauts were able to vote from the International Space Station.
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