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NASA Helps Astronauts Cast Ballots from Space

Posted June 23, 2008 10:20 AM

From NPR Topics: Space:

For astronauts from Houston, who are unable to vote by absentee ballot, NASA has made it possible to cast their votes from a space shuttle or the International Space Station. NASA created special software that allows local election officials to create a ballot that is transmitted to the spacecraft. Listen to the podcast.

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Re: NASA Helps Astronauts Cast Ballots from Space

06/27/2008 3:27 AM

Aha, yes.

But who is going to stop the Vote rigging, which did occur during at least the last two Presidential Elections in the US?

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