Think you ’re facing foresightful stemma at your local polling place ? At least you are n’t drift your vote from over 200 miles above the Earth ’s aerofoil . Astronauts E. Michael Fincke and Gregory Chamitoff will be vote from the International Space Station today , and their right to do it is the outcome of a relatively new natural law . Astronauts who are in blank space at the time of an election were give the right to vote by a 1997 Texas legal philosophy ( cosmonaut tend to live in or near Houston ) . Fincke and Chamitoff will cast their votes , and the results will be commit to the Harris and Brazoria County Clerk via encrypted downlinks and emails . The two participatory democracy love space travelers even made a“Get Out the right to vote ” videowhile on board the ISS . If they ’re going through all that worry to vote , would n’t you finger like a jerk if you did n’t bother ? So vote already ! No password on which nominee the astronauts design to vote for , but the ISS is sporting a “ Do n’t pick Me , I Voted for Kodos ” bumper pricker . prototype by : NASA.Be like an astronaut : Vote![Scientific American ]
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