Leroy Chiao, an astronaut aboard the international space station cast his vote from orbit on Halloween night.  His vote was sent by secure e-mail to mission control and from there forwarded to a clerk's office in Galveston County where Chiao lives when he is not in space.  Cool! AP has the story, via Yahoo: Astronaut Casts Vote From Space...

The son of Chinese immigrants, Chiao feels too many Americans take the right to vote for granted.

Ya think?