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images/news/internet.jpgAstronauts Michael Fincke and Gregory Chamitoff did what only four other Astronauts have done in NASA's 50 years when they voted today—from space. Thanks to a Texas bill passed in 1997, NASA space cases are able to legally vote while they're out of the planet on business. But how did they cast their ballot from space, you ask? Here's the answer that Space.com got.
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The County Clerk's office prepares a secure electronic ballot that is then relayed to the International Space Station via NASA's Mission Control room at the Johnson Space Center. Meanwhile, the Clerk's Office sends a separate e-mail to the astronaut with login information to access the ballot and vote.
"So there's this plan in place and I'll have an electronic ballot and be able to vote from up here," Chamitoff told SPACE.com from the space station recently.
The completed ballot is then beamed back to Mission Control and sent back to the County Clerk's office to be tallied.
"So there's this plan in place and I'll have an electronic ballot and be able to vote from up here," Chamitoff told SPACE.com from the space station recently.
The completed ballot is then beamed back to Mission Control and sent back to the County Clerk's office to be tallied.
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