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Lucky Astronauts Still Stranded in Space During Election Year (thehardtimes.net)

submitted 2 months ago by ZeroCool to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] subtext@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Voting in space is quite an interesting topic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_space

[–] candybrie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

In order to vote while on board, astronauts must fill out the Federal Post Card Application prior to departure, the same application used by military members stationed overseas.

I'm very curious if they thought to fill this out considering they should have been home for so long before the election.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

delivering paper ballots to and from a space station—as one would do for a soldier stationed overseas—would be cost prohibitive

[Citation needed]