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Voting in space: NASA's got you covered


Voting in a presidential election might seem tough when you're in a space station orbiting 250 miles above earth, but NASA's got you covered.

NASA is expected to decide in the next few days if Williams and Wilmore can use the Starliner to fly home soon, or further delay their original one-week stay until February, when the pair would have to hitch a ride to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon capsule. NASA came to the rescue, allowing Chiao to cast the first-ever space vote for president in 2004 using a secret electronic absentee ballot. As astronauts head back to the moon in the next few years, and eventually to Mars, NASA says votes will continue to be counted, from anywhere in the solar system.

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