, who has a doctorate in cancer biology from Stanford and was the first person to sequence DNA in space, is currently training for her upcoming six-month mission on the International Space Station.
Voting from the space station is similar to voting absentee from anyplace on the planet — except instead of relying on theto deliver the ballot, Rubins will get hers forwarded electronically from Mission Control in Houston. "Using a set of unique credentials sent to each of them by e-mail, astronauts can access their ballots, cast their votes, and downlink them back down to Earth," the Smithsonian National Air and Space MuseumAmerican astronauts have been able to cast ballots from above for over two decades now, ever since a Texas lawmaker learned that astronaut John Blaha couldn't vote in the 1996 presidential race between President Bill Clinton and Bob Dole.
"He expressed a little bit disappointment in not being able to do that," Republican state Sen. Mike JacksonVoting from space had never really been an issue before then, because NASA astronauts typically spent no more than about two weeks on shuttle missions. But with the advent of the space station, Americans were sometimes on missions for months at a time.
So a new law was born."I can attest to how important one person's vote is, because my first election, I won by seven votes out of over 26,000," Jackson said.
I'll bet she gets to vote electronically. 🤔
Can she prevent GOP's voter suppression tactics from space/
Good luck getting that delivered by USPS
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Are they going to hold of election results till the astronauts mail in votes are counted?
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Wouldn’t that be a Space interference?:) I hope, she makes the right choice
If she is her on Earth, she should send it per mail. Trump 2020!
I imagine Trump will claim it's not valid.
A college-educated woman in a swing state? GOP is probably prepping a lawsuit to throw out that ballot right now.
Watch out! The Trump camp will try to find a way to delegitimize Kate's ballot.
Wait...she’s not early-voting?
It's really inspiring that Kate Rubins is almost definitely going to vote for Biden-Harris. She's educated, spent time in college around diverse cultures and individuals, had to compose many academic papers, aspired to work in space for science and her country and our world.
I don’t know seems suspicious to me!!
Ballot harvesting
Awesome!
That exhortation certainly conveniently overlooks all the voter suppression going on down here back on terra firma. 🙄
If she means to go in person? Does she not realize that she is living in a bubble protected from the coronavirus while she is in space? Or she is just trying to promote voting for The 60% of Americans that choose not to?
Trump won’t like that.
Mail in ballot?
What a show.
Couldn’t help but laugh that the photo depicts her wearing a mask, as if there’s a chance she could catch covid in space. Could she BE anywhere more socially distant?
I don’t know... ask Don the Con... there could be voter fraud with the transmission! TrumpIsBroke LockHimUp
Good luck with the mail.
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Who cares. Jesus.
Too bad people are too stupid to figure out how to vote
I think DeJoy already dismantled that space mailbox.
Hopefully voter turn out will be high!
What...you are toooo much right now...voting from space...why not🤣...
Here comes another GOP lawsuit!
Ur not even on earth anymore literally just move on
Will her ballot end up in a ditch?
If she can vote from space I'd like to vote from home.
The future! *jazz hands*
😂
That's taking social distancing really seriously.
So she gets a vote app but I don’t? Bullshit!!
Const_Overhaul Does she vow to return if trump wins?
No one can hear you vote in space.
Is this really the big news today? 🤔
She should check with POTUS first to make sure it’s legit
Guess we'll have to 'harvest' that ballot. Undoubtedly, Trump will demand her vote is thrown out.
I would’ve imagined that after floating above the Earth in the infinite darkness of space, something like participating in an election would seem rather trivial.
SPACE FRAUD!!!
She needs to watch Chaplin..they all do up there.
What about the space poll tax? Purged space voter rolls? Have republicans gotten their hands on space yet?
Girl 💥
My sources have evidence that she is voting for Trump.
she's absolutely right
no doubt she will have an interesting view of the situation
The REAL story here NPR, is Black people on earth is being suppressed when it comes to voting and it’s no big deal, but someone in space *easily* vote and you really make it a * big deal.”
hashtagAmreeta point to be noted - as you had mentioned hashtagAmreeta we have are fiscal, tax and all transactions done online why not vote online!!!
MikaKYV365 Trump 2020
Did she vote aboard a ship with my super cool engine component?
Does she have to show ID?
I don't understand. If she knew she would be in space in election day, that seems like the perfect example of the need to cast an absentee ballot.
Dean Logan would find a way to invalidate it some how darksecretplace.
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Republicans will route it thru a Russian server
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Not sure that is a legal vote! Kind of hard to verify signatures and provide an ID. Not a very solid chain of custody on that vote.
If they can manage this for her, why can’t anyone who wishes to vote electronically do it?
KateRubins The President and the country appreciates your vote and not using mail in.
Why can’t I do this from home?
The Earth is flat and nothing gets to space. FlatEarth ResearchFlatEarth
Smart woman 💪🏼
madeleinebaran I’m sure Drumpf will finds issue with this. spacevoterfraud
Oh great, MORE illegal aliens will be voting now! (yes, I'm kidding).
Quit telling fairy tales NASA
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Ok this is definitely illegal.
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“And if she’s not voting for me, leave her up there.” — Trump in 3...2...1
If she vote for Trxmp she can just stay out there.
DanielSolis Trump will have armed members of the Space Force patrolling her polling station.
So what
yes
Whooppee. Duh.
Did someone tell her Hillary isn't running?
Trump will claim it is fraud.
so you’re saying we *can* securely vote electronically or... 🤨
There'll be fake ballots coming in from aliens all over the galaxy, Martians illegally voting (and we know they're all Democrat), and the mobs from Venus burning everything down. Pure chaos!
This is amazing!!
Astronaut helmet with mask ? Is that. NASA special mask? Looks like cheap surgical mask to me ..happy to be informed.
It’s rigged! Everything is rigged! Wait, is she voting for Trump? Then it’s not rigged.
How novel.!! Is this a first
Now, can we ask her to make her CFC pledge from ISS? NASA CFCNCA
I am training my pigeons to deliver my vote.
What zip code is she using?
She wins for longest distance voting. Put her picture on a stamp or Wheaties box
Calling BS on this. As the last two American's already splashed down.
Printing politics side, why not develop a robust voting system like most other countries? Whoever is pushing for something that can be fraudulent is likely dodgy. :)
Which year are we gonna devolve back into monkeys 🐒? I hate being controlled and told what to do by the bully government. Wanna eat my bananas 🍌 sit on the tree and my business .
EuEthnic If she voted democrat, trump will say it's invalid? If she voted republican, he will say it's fine... His approach is undemocratic and insane. People who vote for him will be voting against democracy, and for autocracy.
And me sending in an absentee ballot from across town is somehow voter fraud?
Prove that Her Ballot will Be Counted
what are you saying that in the 21st century electronic voting is possible? who ever would have known
What’s the address of the space station?
Who cares how far do you get to travel and/or wait for, as long your vote gets counted... As long as we have an Electoral College in place... For everything else, I carry my American Express...
'Houston we have a problem'...
This..... this is why we have a SpaceForce To block astronauts from voting? My god it all makes sense now!! MAGA2020 Trump2020 im just kidding you’re all crazy
Lady_Star_Gem See. Cyber voting can and should be an option
Lady_Star_Gem I’d love to hear what jennycohn1 thinks of THAT!
VoteHimOut
If she is from Arizona there is a 100 percent chance she is voting for Mark Kelly! Lol!
Astronauts are highly educated. So, they are unlikely to be Trump voters.
She is voting for trump
Allow her to track it
Too bad her state is a RED Electoral state so any BLUE votes will not be counted... THAT'S HOW IT WORKS... YOUR VOTES ONLY ACTUALLY MATTER IN SWING STATES... DUE TO THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. DUH.
thisbearbites Vote from the above! VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare
voting for space president haha
Trump will challenge her vote as illegal. It came from space!
Now that we've all used email for 30 years can we all submit our ballots electronically or is that only for astronauts?
Breaking: Republicans gerrymander all of space into Gym Jordan’s district.
moorefromcj I heard she checked her voter registration by messaging CHECK to resistbot
portlandjan K, don’t really give a shit, but thx.
If she can do it so should we
If astronauts can vote from space...we here on earth have no excuse not to! BidenHarris2020
Gonna be REALLY easy for that 'ballot' to slip in the trash 😂😂 what 'state' will her vote be for? Oh Trump will not stand for this if he finds out she doesn't vote for him.
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Post office will fuck it up!
Make sure she only votes once or else Barr will send people up there to bring her back
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One small vote for a women , A giant decision for America.
That is the STUPIDIST picture ever!
Who is to say she will vote Dem?
EntGRCSolutions Don't tell the dictator....he'll send his space cadets out to check the trash cans on all UFOs. TrumpIsANationalDisgrace
We need to get Bill Barr involved
And what assurety are you to know they will deliver it for you
That can be easily intercepted by the Russians...LOL
Voting Fraud!
Trump is going to throw it out because it was 3rd party.
jbm32753 I bet space is rampant with illegal ballots. This election is rigged!
no excuses now, plebeians
Space is a Democrat hoax
Does trump know? He will claim millions of fake votes from space!!
Pretty sure Trump will try to block this
Electronically?
Bet we know who she is voting for...
There are Russians onboard the space station! RIGGED ELECTION
not a good idea, I heard that millions of space ballots have been hacked. you know, aliens.
Not voting for this guy!
Such a long way from the Pony Express! GO HUMANS! I'm on your team.
Could tweet about “Space Fraud” be in the works from the perpetrator in chief?
Will this set precedent for all votes to be allowed to be transmitted electronically?
Oh no don’t let our future dictator know. Then it will be speeches about millions of illegal votes from space
TRUMP ALLOWS VOTE FROM OUTER SPACE, BUT IS SUPPRESSING VOTERS WHO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES
Trump’s going to freak out about this, but mainly because he doesn’t know women have the right to vote.
And it will get hacked.
jbm32753
That's totally cool
That sounds illegal.
And still vote wrong...
Imagine someone disagrees with you and they don’t let you come back to earth👽
Do Trump and his lap dog Barr approve of such a space ballot? (Probably depends upon for whom she is voting, as usual.)
Darn budget cuts. Now mail is slow in space.
Watch out. If its Trump she votes for, we don't know where that ballot will end up.
Rick Scott will do his best to make sure it’s not counted.
If it is fine for astronauts to do electronic voting, why cannot rest of the citizens in the country do it?
So people can vote in outer space but not from the comfort of their own home? How is this s**t fair or legal?
Is that legal?
How will we control the space fraud? The SPACE FORCE!
I heard about some extraterrestrials who've been dead for 20 years getting a bunch of mail-in space ballots delivered to them. Seriously, people are saying this is happening.
She's casting a ballot from outer-freaking-space, yet 44% of American adults can't bother to take a ten minute trip to the polls. Sheesh...
🙄I don’t see your point of mentioning the USPS!
👍🏽🇺🇲
905wesa Space Force will shoot it down.
Rigged election! - D. Trump
Why the sh*t is she wearing a mask?
There's one ballot he won't be able to stop.
WTF?! If we allow this voting from space, a WHOLE UNIVERSE OF ALIENS, probably illegal, dead or alive, and their pets will be able to vote! SPACE BALLOTS MUST BE DEALT WITH BY SPACE FORCE LASER PEW PEWS IMMEDIATELY!!!
And yet the rest of us can’t.
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Repeal the espionage act
Bet tRumps group finds it floating in the Milky way
Weird flex but ok.
Omg. Stupid
In this day and age where we all have access to secure encrypted apps such as WhatsApp and online banking why can’t everyone have an electronic vote?
I don’t think Donald Trump will allow it. The democrats have been sending many fraudulent ballots on NASA communication frequencies.
Vote Biden.
I bet you it gets tampered with electronically too
Rigged!
Why can’t she vote before taking off? Is she gonna debate this in her head till the last moment?
The same way NASA gave US Tang and freeze-dried ice cream, do you think you guys could figure out a way for ALL of US to safely VOTE electronically?
Why is she wearing a mask?
American citizens can vote for president from anywhere on Earth, or off it, except from US Territories. Give our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico, Samoa, Guam, US Virgin Islands and N. Mariana Islands a vote for the leader of their country.
Trump will call it the 'Houston Hoax.'
Be heard the 3rd.
What is the legal precedent and mechanism?
Serious question(s): is electronic voting real and widely available?
If democrats lose the elections it is because republicans wouldn’t let people vote from space.
Does she even know how unsecure voting by email is?
Guess it beats putting on a diaper and driving cross country to kill a romantic rival
If she votes for Trump, don't bring her back from space. OK - a liddel choke, ja ? Before ya'll jump on me.
Although she could depend on USPS to deliver it because they're reliable.
How will they verify it’s really her? Is she not allowed to leave the set even to mail something?
You mean to tell me the voting system for astronauts is more seamless than that of citizens on the ground? Nice.....
If she can do it from space, you can do it from your mailbox.
GOP is now headed to court to block space votes.
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