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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-02-04 04:08 PM
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New record for voting outside a district!
Can't get much farther than this! :D

SPACE STATION ALPHA -- One American voter has gone through years of preparation and one very bumpy ride to get to his polling place -- but at least he managed to avoid the lines.

Astronaut Leroy Chiao voted from on board the International Space Station over the weekend.

The galactic balloting was possible thanks to a special arrangement with the election board where Chiao lives in Texas. They set up a secure e-mail link so the country's only outer-space voter could send in his choices secretly.

http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/politics/3883016/detail.html
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