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Kate Rubins had already cast her vote from the ISS in the election four years ago
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An astronaut from space is also one of the millions of US citizens who voted before the actual date of the presidential election on November 3rd.
Kate Rubins, who is currently in the International Space Station (ISS), said on Twitter: "I voted today."
The astronaut cast her vote electronically.
The space agency Nasa put a photo of the 42-year-olds on their Internet message.
Then she stands in front of a cupboard with a piece of paper with the words "ISS ballot box" on it.
She had been emailed an electronic ballot slip from Harris County, Texas.
The district includes the city of Houston, where NASA has one of its centers.
Rubins filled out the ballot paper electronically and sent it back the same way.
US Congress in 1997 allowed voting from space
Rubins had already cast her vote from the ISS in the election four years ago.
In 1997, the US Congress allowed voting from space by law.
In the United States, around a week and a half before the election, more than 48.5 million votes were cast, according to counts by the US Elections Project conducted by political professor Michael McDonald.
Early voting is possible by post, by appearing in person at a polling station or by throwing the slip of paper into an outdoor, secured urn.
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