NASA Astronauts Cast Their Votes From Space

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 14:06 in Astronomy & Space

Expedition 33 commander Sunita "Suni" Williams SPACE.com Proof that remote e-voting is possible, even if we haven't figured out how to make it happen on Earth: NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station are filling out digital versions of their ballots today, and beaming them back to Mission Control. That's right. The most convenient polling location is several hundred miles above us, in Low Earth Orbit. Mike Wall at SPACE.com has the details. [via Huffington Post]

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