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Voting from Space

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    Voting from Space

  • In space and unable to vote!

    In space and unable to vote!

    John Blaha was unable to vote as he was in space and hadn't sent in an absentee ballot. This prompted Texan legislators to take action
  • David Wolf - first American to vote from space

    David Wolf - first American to vote from space

    Within a year of John Blaha's predicament, a law had been passed allowing astronauts to vote from space. David Wolf was the first to do so in local Houston elections.
  • Leroy Chiao - First to vote in presidential elections

    Leroy Chiao - First to vote in presidential elections

    On November 2nd, Leroy Chiao voted in the presidential elections from the International Space Station.
  • Michael Lopez-Alegria casts vote in local elections

    Michael Lopez-Alegria casts vote in local elections

  • Clayton Anderson casts vote in local elections

    Clayton Anderson casts vote in local elections

  • Michael Fincke and Gregory Chamitoff vote in the 2008 presidential elections

    Michael Fincke and Gregory Chamitoff vote in the 2008 presidential elections

    Check out Chamitoff and Mincke encouraging Americans to vote in this video