From outside Earth.. How do astronauts vote in the US elections?

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/11/07

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - With the end of voting in the United States to choose the new American president, questions have arisen about how American astronauts on the International Space Station will exercise their right to vote.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Secret Ballot From Space to Texas</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> CNN reported that astronauts on the International Space Station choose their candidate via a secret ballot, which is sent electronically from space to the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The ballot is then sent to the Harris County Clerk of Court in Texas for their vote to be counted in the counting process.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> American astronauts are calling on their fellow citizens to vote in the presidential election. “It doesn’t matter if you’re sitting, standing, or floating, the important thing is to vote,” astronauts Don Pettit and Nick Hague wrote on Instagram. </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><img alt="" src="/sites/default/files/uploads-2020/%D9%85%D9%86%20%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B6..%20%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%81%20%D9%8A%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%AA%20%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A1%20%D9%81%D9%8A%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%20%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9%D8%9F.jpg" style="width: 800px; height: 457px;" /></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h3 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <strong>Message from Space: Proud to be an American</strong></h3><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> NASA released a photo of astronauts Pettit and Hague, along with their crewmates Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, floating on the space station, arm in arm, some wearing socks that said &quot;Proud to be an American,&quot; as a message of encouragement to vote from hundreds of miles away.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%82%D9%85... first wooden satellite launches into space</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84-... 10 Most Active Countries in Space</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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