Talk:Voting in space

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 18:10, 1 June 2021 (UTC)

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Rubins in front of an ISS "voting booth."

• ... that Kathleen Rubins (pictured) has voted while in space—twice? Source: 2016 report from Mashable, 2020 report from CNN
  • ALT1:... that Andrew R. Morgan's application for an absentee ballot listed his address as "International Space Station, low Earth orbit"? Source: "As I kept reading it said where to sent the ballot to - it says 'International Space Station, low Earth orbit.' I said, 'What?'" (New Castle News)

• Comment: First DYK nom, so no QPQ required.

Created by Mcrsftdog (talk). Self-nominated at 19:14, 19 May 2021 (UTC).

QPQ

• Editor's first nom, no QPQ required

Eligibility

• Article created May 19, 2021
• 2508 characters (387 words) "readable prose size"

Sourcing

• Every paragraph is reliably sourced

Hook

• Hook No 1 is 51 characters, stated in the article and sourcced
• Hook No. 2 is 126 characters, stated in the article and sourcced

Images

• Images are on Commons, Public Domain licensed as the work of an employee of the US government

Copyvio check

• Earwig's tool comes out clean
• Individual sources checked by Dup Detector also come out clean

Nomination passes. Hope this is a lead hook, because it's pretty cool. — Maile (talk) 22:12, 19 May 2021 (UTC)