And at the president s favorite tv network. Vice president mike pences chief of staff and a personal assistant are among at least five people in the vps orbit to test positive for the virus, and despite this, pence isnt quarantining. Instead, he remains on the campaign trail and even plans to be in the Senate Chamber for todays confirmation vote on judge Amy Coney Barrett. Now, the New York Times reports the president of fox news and several of the networks top anchors, including brett bare have been advised to quarantine. They were exposed to the virus on a flight to nashville for the president ial debate. All of this after what can only be seen as a surrender to the virus by the white house chief of staff mark meadows. Listen to what he told jake tapper. Heres what we have to do. Were not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines. Therapeutics, and other mitigation. Why arent we going to get control of the pandemic . Because it is a contagious virus like the flu. Why not make efforts to contain it . We are making efforts to contain it. By running all over the country, not wearing a mask. Thats what the president is doing. We can get into the back and forth. Let me say this, what we need to do is make sure we have the proper mitigation factors, whether its therapies or vaccines or treatments to make sure people dont die from this. Not going to control the pandemic. Its a stark reminder to voters of this administrations failures in handling this pandemic, with just eight days to go until election, our coverage begins with kaitlan collins. Good morning, the president was in North Carolina yesterday despite the fact that several top aides had recently tested positive for coronavirus including within 24 hours, his chief of staff, marc short, who is now selfisolating and not likely to return to the campaign trail with the Vice President over the next several days. Theres a few days left, and the Vice President has been on the road with staff, including earlier this week, when he was on the road with marty obst, a senior political adviser who we learned has tested positive. The situation is there are several staffers close to the Vice President who have tested positive for coronavirus including his body man. There are several staffers who are now having to quarantine because they were in contact with someone who tested positive, one of the aides. The Vice President himself is refusing to follow cdc guidelines by staying at home. Hes an essential worker, cleared by his medical team to go out. We havent had an on the record statement from the Vice President s doctor saying as much, and of course this comes on the day that the chief of staff to President Trump, mark meadows told jake tapper yesterday in the interview this they are not going to get control of the coronavirus. He basically was saying theyre going to have to focus on vaccines and therapy puticeeuti theres not a way to contain it, which you have not heard from health experts, if people did wear mask and social distance, they said that could help stop the spread of coronavirus or at least slow it in the United States. That clearly doesnt seem to be the white houses point of view and also seems to be in contradict to what the president has been telling us for months. Coronavirus is under control and we are rounding the corner on the pandemic. Kaitlan, thank you for that. Mark meadows claimed the white house cannot control the pandemic. That reveal of its strategy is in stark contrast to what his boss the president has been saying since the first days of the outbreak. Listen. Are you worried about a pandemic at this point . No, not at all. We have it totally under control. We have done a great job, and i have gotten to know these professionals. Theyre incredible, and everything is under control. Theyre very very cool. They have done it, and they have done it well. Everythings really under control. When they hear you say everything is under control, dont worry about Wearing Masks, many of them are older people, mr. President. Yeah. Its giving them a false sense of security. I think its under control. How . Joe bidens campaign was quick to jump on meadows admission with this statement quote, this wasnt a slip by meadows, it was a candid acknowledgment of what President Trumps strategy has clearly been from the beginning of this crisis to wave the white flag of defeat, and hope by ignoring it, the virus would simply go away. It hasnt, and it wont. Jessica dean is with the Biden Campaign in wilmington, delaware. Reporter good morning. We are now eight days away from election day, and we learned on sunday that Vice President mike pence, that members of his inner circle had tested positive for coronavirus but that pence would continue to campaign. Kamala harris on the campaign trail. Several weeks back, one of her aides tested positive for coronavirus. They had not been in close contact, but still out of an abundance of caution, harris spent several days off the campaign trail just in case. Heres what harris said about pence yesterday. They are admitting defeat, and i have been saying that, and joe biden has been saying that since the beginning. This is the greatest failure of any president ial administration in the history of america, and he went on to say you cant control it like the flu. And yet again, theyre suggesting to the American People that this is like the flu, when we have known from the beginning, and they knew since january that its five times more deadly than the flu. Reporter Vice President biden also releasing a statement on sunday about the trump administrations response to the covid19 pandemic saying the administration is waving the white flag when it comes to the pandemic. Now, as we look to the travel schedule of both biden and harris, with such little time left, where theyre going tells you a lot about where the campaign thinks things are going. Joe biden headed to georgia on tuesday. Thats a state that no democrat has carried since 1992 when bill clinton won the state. Were told that hell be making two stops there. Hell be going to warm springs, georgia, which is where, of course, fdr had his little white house, and that hell be giving a closing argument, a closing message to americans about coming together and unifying the country. We have seen biden go to historical sites like this before to give similar messages. Youll remember he was in gettysburg, pennsylvania, giving a message on unity not too long ago. As for her part, Kamala Harris will go to texas on friday. Again, for a democrat to carry texas would be a landslide likely for biden harsi sreenivasan harris. Christine and laura. Thank you so much. Joining us for the live election coverage. Understand whats happening in your state and across the country. Election night in america, our special coverage starts next tuesday at p. 4 00 p. M. Easter overnight, another 60,000 cases of coronavirus were reported across the country. There were single day records of over 80,000 cases on friday, and saturday. Right now, not a single state, look at that map, not a single state in the u. S. Is trending in the right direction. And the number of people sick enough to be hospitalized, thats also climbing. Heres the former commissioner of the food and drug administration. Were at a dangerous tipping point, were entering whats going to be the steep slope of the curve, the epidemic curve. We have an opportunity to take steps to awabate the spread. This is going to continue to accelerate, its going to be more difficult to get under control. We get more on all of this from cnns polo sandoval. Good morning to you. It is clear that the predicted fall covid19 surge is in full effect. This weekend we saw the highest number of nationwide daily covid19 cases exceeding 83,000 a day, and Health Officials are saying social gatherings and family events are moving indoors as temperatures begin to drop across the country, and that they say seems largely to blame for the high rate of spread. I tracked hop Health Authorities across the country, and many in states talking about what theyre describing as alarming increases in their covid19 cases. A state like pennsylvania seeing rates comparable to what we saw in april. The chief deputy for health in the state of michigan, if they see their current rate of infections rise, and they risk overwhelming hospitals and seeing residents die from the virus. A similar concern happening in the state of texas where the governor requested an Army Hospital take in noncovid patien patients. State Officials Say thats putting a strain on Hospital Capacity in the region and after new jersey saw its highest daily o stay vigilant, he wrote simply because we are tired of the virus doesnt mean its gone away. Christine and laura. Back to you. Thank you so much for that. Theres little sign of stimulus deal will be reached before election day. On sunday, the white house chief of staff mark meadows joined nancy pelosi for the impasse. We have continued to make offer after offer after offer. Speaker pelosi placing the blame on the gop. Every time they say we moved the goal post, that means theyre projecting what they did. This has been going on for days between the administration and congressional democrats. Pelosi added the two sides are still far apart on issues like coronavirus testing. Jobless benefits, state and local funding. Meanwhile millions of struggling americans are still waiting on coronavirus relief. That includes cash for small businesses, rent relief, and increased benefit for food stamps. The u. S. Supreme court expected to get the newest member later today. Well get more on judge Amy Coney Barretts confirmation, next. E usaa insurance for this season. When being a fan on a budget gets tough. Our agents do the legwork,. So saving on Auto Insurance is. Easy usaa. What youre made of, were made for. Welcome back, in just a few hours the race by republicans to install judge Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court will be complete. President trumps nominee to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg will solidify a 63 conservative majority on the high court. Cnns lauren fox has more for us from capitol hill. Reporter after a fast moving confirmation process, the senate is on track to confirm Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on monday. This comes as there is only expected to be one republican defection, senator susan collins, a republican, up for election in the state of maine. We expect that no democrats will going to support barretts nomination. However, there is some additional drama. We do know that mike pence, the Vice President , is expected to attend this vote on monday, however, democrats argues that that is ill advised given the fact that members of the Vice President s staff have tested positive for coronavirus. I asked Senate Majority leader john thune about this, saying its up to pence whether or not he wants to come to the u. S. Senate to preside for this vote. He said they dont need the Vice President there because they have plenty of republicans voting for Amy Coney Barretts nomination. Its not in question. Its not in doubt. However, he said, the Vice President is regularly tested for coronavirus. In fact, he tested negative for the virus on sunday, and thune argued its up to him and the medical professionals to make that decision. Laura, thank you so much for that. Voters in maryland can cast ballots joining the tens of millions of americans who have voted early. Officials say early voting totals this year have already surpassed the total from 2016, and thats with eight days remaining until the election. This as window begins to close on the chance to request a mailin ballot. Cnns athena jones has nor in new york. The message from the first couple of days of early voting in new york is like we have seen in places across the country that allow early voting. High, high levels of enthusiasm, and huge turnout at multiple locations today and saturday, we are seeing lines that are hundreds of people long and several hours long waits in some locations. In fact, we have already surpassed in the first couple of days of early voting the total number of early votes cast in the nine days of voting back in 2019. Now, one of the 88 locations you can early vote. We have seen very long lines, speaking to people, tell us theyre waiting about three hours to cast their ballot. All of the folks we have spoken to say its very important for them to show up in person. They want to make absolutely certain their ballot is counted and they didnt necessarily want to rely on the mail, and some of the folks we have spoken to say its great to see this many people coming out. Its a sign of voter enthusiasm, a good thing for our democracy. Others raising questions about why it should take anyone 2, 3, 4 hours to vote. Here is what one young woman had to say about that. I feel like its a form of voter suppression. I dont think long lines should be celebrated. I think its great people are turning out. I dont think thats a good thing were forced to wait. Lots of working americans cant afford to wait three hours in line. Its a privilege to be able to do that, but were also compromised because were afraid if we vote by mail, our votes will get lost. Some concerns about how long its taking to vote. Not everyone can spend multiple hours waiting to do so. Clearly a lot of people did decide to take advantage of these nine days of early voting with the turnout were seeing, and when they come on a day like this, they are bundling up for the cool weather, and bringing with them some patience. Election day eight days away, and today in many places. The l. A. Dodgers are one win away from a world series victory. Bleacher report is next. Online last night and a yoga mat, to stay zen now, im gonna just buy a bike for him rakuten cash back on the stuff all in my home. I shop on rakuten. Rakuten sfor each family memberick the pwith the features they want i shop on rakuten. Like hbo max. [sfx the hbo max opening sting] what was that . 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Good morning, christine. You know, after that wild one saturday night, losing that close game, a big question was, you know, how would the dodgers bounce back with this series now tied 22. Their ace Clayton Kershaw coming through with another Strong Performance on the mound. Kershaw going 5 2 3 striking out six. Big moment in the 4th, dodgers up 32. Manny marco on 3rd base tries to steal home. But kershaw able to throw him out. Take another look. Dodgers barely get him. Max muncie adding insurance with an absolute blast to right center. Dodgers win 42, they can capture their first world series title tomorrow night in game six. Seahawks and cardinals, russell wilson, is going to be picked off by buddha baker at the 2, and he is gone. Looks like a touchdown, but metcalf turns on the jets, and 6. 64 miles per hour, just incredible. Cardinals are down 10 with under 7 to go. They come back to send the game to overtime in the extra period. Russell will southeson throwing third pick of the game. Cardinals win on a field goal with 15 seconds left f. First loss of the years for the seahawks. Wild back and forth game between the browns and bengals yesterday. 400 yards, three touchdowns and run for another in a game, but it wasnt enough. Baker mayfield, 15 seconds left, drops this one in to jones to win the game. Five touchdown passes in this one, the browns also win by the final 3734. They improve to 52 on the season. 43yearold tom brady continue to go look dominant. Brady throwing for 369 yards and four touchdowns, leading the bucs to a 45 hoff 20 win over the raiders. Theyre now 52 on the season, and finally, yet again, the falcons finding a new way to lose. Down by two. Just over a minute left, the lions let todd gurley score so they can get the ball back. Gurley tries to hold up but crosses for the touchdown. He said he was mad as hell after he scored, and t. J. Hawkinson with the touchdown with no time left on the clock after the point, after the lions win 2322 the falcons one and six on the season. If your team is just bad, you can deal with losing on sundays but the falcons could arguably be 42. I mean, just beyond frustrating for their fans. Its a tough loss. Absolutely. Andy, nice to sue you this morning. Thank you so much. President trump and joe biden both talked to 60 minutes with a little more than a week to go in this race. You will hear from both of them. Thats next. I love audible because its changed my life for the better. Whatever question i have i feel like theres an avenue to seek the answer. Hit that app and you start a story, youre on an adventure. Download a new book within seconds and its ready to go. Theres something for everybody on audible. I like short stories. Short stories are easy. Theyre quick. I like long and like intricate stories, thats really what i love. Audible originals. I like biographies. Selfhelp. 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And at the president s favorite tv network, Vice President mike pences chief of staff and a personal assistant are among five people in the Vice President s orbit to test positive. Now, despite this, pence refuses to accept cdc guidance on quarantining. Instead, he remains on the campaign trail and even plans to be in the senate for todays confirmation vote on judge Amy Coney Barrett. And now, the New York Times reports the president of fox news and several of the channels top anchors, including brett bare and martha mccallom have been advised to quarantine. All of this after a stunning surrender to the virus by the white house chief of staff mark meadows. Listen to what he admitted to cnns jake tapper. Heres what we have to do. Were not going to control the pandemic. We are going to control the fact that we get vaccines, therapeutic, and other mitigations. Why arent we going to control the pandemic . Because it is a contagious virus. Why not make efforts to contain it . We are making efforts to contain. Running all over country not wearing a mask. Thats what the Vice President doing. Let me say this. What we need to do is make sure we have the proper mitigation factors whether its therapies or vaccines or treatments to make sure people dont die from this. Thats a stark reminder to voters of this administrations failures in handling the pandemic with just eight days to go until election day. Heres cnns john harwood. Events on sunday encapsulated the dilemma facing President Trump and his campaign with just over a week to go before election day. The president was campaigning in both maine and new hampshire, insisting were rounding corner in the pandemic, appearing without masks and social distancing, getting close to voters, but reality intruded with a major outbreak of coronavirus with people close to the Vice President including his chief of staff mark short as well as his body man, the one who travels most closely with mike pence. Despite that, the white house continued to have mike pence on the campaign trail. He disregarded cdc guidelines to not quarantine himself, the white house chief of staff mark meadows confessed in a conversation with jake tapper, we cant control the pandemic, were simply waiting for therapeutics and a vaccine. The challenge of course is for the president , the coronavirus pandemic is the number one issue for voters, and they have a harsh judgment of the president s handlingov of it. They ended the evening with a trick or treat event. The president appearing without a mask. However, he was not handing out the candy itself. That was done by white house staffers who were Wearing Masks and gloves in a different location. John harwood, cnn. The white house. The president was grilled about the lack of mask wearing at his rallies in an interview with 60 minutes that the president had initially tried to derail but finally aired last night. Leslie, we hand out thousands of masks. But you look out and theyre not wearing them. You dont get up there and say, look, you know, come on. Whats your next question, leslie, were outside, the rallies are bigger than they have ever been. Theres more enthusiasm than we have ever had. There has never been anything like what youre witnessing now. That exchange hints at some of the tension during the interview as lesley stahl challenged the president on the pandemic and his conspiratorial claims about former president barack obama, spying on his campaign. What we havent done a good job on is convincing people like you because youre really quite impossible to convince. Tell me about the mask wearing. These are the biggest rallies we have ever had. You just come in here with that negative attitude, and they got caught, and you will see that, lesley, and you know that, but you just dont want to as a matter of fact, i dont know that, and youre out there why dont you get back to your interview, and lets go. Excuse me, lesley, you started with me, your first statement was, are you ready for tough questions. Are you . Thats no way to talk. No way to talk. Our fact checker in chief, daniel dale said the president made at least 16 false or misleading claims during that interview, and christine, he was clearly bristling at tough questions but he had to know he was going to be pressed on this pandemic given that over 200,000 people have died on his watch. But he kept trying to pivot back to the size and the enthusiasm at his rallies, which is her point exactly that youve got all of these people close together in the middle of a pandemic. Hes just trying to rebrand a coronavirus recession, a coronavirus pandemic into enthusiasm for his own crowds and rallies. Former president obama was in miami at his own event. This is what he said this weekend. Listen. When 60 minutes and lesley stahl are too tough for you, you aint all that tough. If you got to walk out of a 60 minutes interview, then youre never going to stand up to a dictator. If youre spending all your time complaining about how mean reporters are to you, youre not going to stand up to putin. The former president there riffing. I think hes wrong about that. I think clearly lesley stahl is pretty tough and the president couldnt take it. Democratic nominee joe biden sat down with 0i60 minutes. Here he is with norah odonnell, pushing back on President Trumps claim that biden wants to shut down the economy. You dont have to lock down the economy. It depends on the community. It depends where were in real trouble, and you have to do things that make sense that make it easier for people to avoid being exposed. Freedom is about making sure that you care about the people youre around, that they be free too. Its a patriotism to put this mask on. Biden also addressed a frequent attack line from the president. If elected, you would be the oldest president in american history. Im in good shape. 78 years old. 82 after four years, donald trump says you have dementia, and its getting worse. Hey, the same guy who thought that the 9 11 attack was a 7 11 attack, hes talking about dementia. All i can say to the American People is watch me. You see what ive done. You see what im going to do. Look at me. Compare our physical and mental acuity. Im happy to have that comparison. All right. With eight days to go to this election, its time for three questions in three minutes, lets bring in john avlon. Nice to see you this morning. So the white house chief of staff makes a little bit of nude inadvertently yesterday saying the u. S. Isnt going to control the pandemic. In some ways he is being honest with, i think, what is really a truthful admission that this administration has never had a plan to control this pandemic. You know, this, i think, was more than the classic washington gaffe which is telling the truth. I think this was a stunning statement of an administration waving a white flag in front of a National Crisis to the likes that we have never really seen before. I mean, hes just telling jake tapper, were not going to control this virus, were going to try to mitigate it, deal with vaccines. To do that at a time when rates are rising, the Administration May be back ending into the herd immunity the president talked about, his advisers have advocated, the people in charge of the pandemic response, not only Vice President s team but also saying that we cant do anything about this. Batten down the hatches, at a time when death rates are rising and the president is still in deni denial, saying we have turned the corner. On missitigation, on mask wearing, contact tracing, endorsing what we have to do if youre going to live with this virus. Trump and biden made their closing pitches on 60 minutes with starkly different visions of the country. Have they done enough at this stage now to solidify their bases and win over the undecided voters . I mean, look, undecided voters are a little bit like a sasquatch right now, but i tell you what, donald trump hasnt seemed concern about winning over undecided voters since he got in office. Thats one of the reasons he seems to find himself in a hole that hes dug himself into. If you look at joe bidens closing arguments from his speech at gettysburg to closing ads airing during the world series, its constantly about reaching out. Reaching out to republicans, we dont need to agree about issues, we need to agree that we love this country. Bi donald trump seems fundamentally disinterested in that. What states with eight days to go are high on your radar that could possibly tip or be a surprise for the former vp in this election. A lot of talk about texas actually being close. Kamala harris is going there on friday . Yeah, look, the campaigns are spending time in texas and georgia, which typically are written off as republican states. Now, look, democrats, if they can peel away georgia or texas, this thing is over, 1964 landslide levels, but we also saw in 2016 hillarys team acting awfully confident about flipping some big states, including arizona, which didnt go her way. Still election night, you want to get a sense of how things are going, how election week is going to look. Pay attention to florida and arizona because they count their early ballots early. And the upper midwest, thats still the key piece of the puzzle, wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. If it gets down to texas and georgia, you have a whole different night going. Buckle up, eight days. Loeets do this. Join us for special live election coverage, the way only cnn can bring it to you, from the first votes to the critical count, understand whats happening in your state and across the country. Election night in america, our special coverage starts tuesday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern. And facebook is preparing tools to combat any unrest following the election. The wall street journal reports that if necessary, the platform will use the same measures it does in socalled at risk countries like sri lanka and myanmar, thats right, deploying at risk country protocols for the United States of america. That includes slowing the spread of viral posts, tweaking new feed content, and lowering the bar for removing posts that could incite violence. Facebook reportedly plans to use the tools in circumstances like election related violence. Facebook told cnn it spent years building a safer election, and it has created policies to ensure its more prepared for the unique challenges of an election during the global pandemic. Facebook was widely criticized for how it handled the 2016 election. Mark zuckerberg warned there was an increased risk of civil unrest after this election. Zuckerberg will face a Senate Hearing along with the head of google and twitter about how the companies handle hate speech and misinformation. Laura, you know, there is a pandemic. There is a health pandemic. Theres also a pandemic of misinformation, and americans who are very used to soaking up a lot of garbage and nonsense and passing it along. Kind of a twin pandemic there in a very important election, its going to be a real challenge for facebook. Glad to see theyre trying to get ahead of it this time, hopefully. Italy was europes epicenter of the pandemic, and hospitals there are now bracing for a new surge. Were going to take you there next. 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Now, hospitals nationwide are bracing for a new surge of coronavirus patients. Cnns ben wedeman is live in rome with the latest. Ben, italy is struggling but also europe more generally being really hard hit right now. Reporter yeah, actually across the board in western europe, the numbers are fairly worrying. This newspaper in rome here says its worse than before, and certainly with the numbers were seeing are very worrying, and theres nobody more worried than those who work in italys hospitals. The intensive care unit is a place of total concentration. No small talk, just the rhythmic beeping of the machines, the steady breathing of patients on ventilators. The hospital was in the front line of italys coronavirus pandemic earlier this year, and now the staff is bracing for the second wave. Dr. Mateo brombati anticipates another nightmare. Translator its like the second jump for a paratrooper he tells me, the first time you dont know what to expect, the second jump is more problematic because you know whats coming. At the moment italian hospitals are able to deal with the number of patients in intensive care. However, that could change as the numbers continue to skyrocket. Icu director dr. Nariko storti regularly gathers his colleagues for a debrief. How we can now bring on the table our ideas, our solutions. Reporter gathered in this room are some of italys, perhaps some of the worlds most experienced soldiers in the fight against covid19. Dr. Anna lisa molada diagnosed the first italian coronavirus patient on the 20th of february. We are ready because we learned a lot. Reporter but this war, like all wars, takes a toll. I think i felt like the soldiers during the world wars. I dont know, i think i experienced what these young boys experienced at that time when they were going, fighting for, i mean, a war, knowing that they could die. Reporter the empty beds ready for more casualties. And that head of the icu there in lodi told me putting it all in perspective, he said, we are, and im quoting him here, at the very very very beginning of the second wave. Laura. Its just incredible to see these scenes in the hospital. You feel like its march or april all over again. But thank you for bringing their stories. Its so important to show the reality of this, ben. Thank you. Its monday morning, lets get a check on cnn business around the world, looking at markets, you can see a mixed performance in asia, but europe has owned lower, frankfort down a tough 2 there. On wall street, futures this hour leaning lower, 1 for the dow industrials. Futures falling off u. S. Coronavirus cases hit a record oneday high over the weekend. This week investors will keep a close eye on stimulus negotiations, wall street gearing up for corporate, apple, boeing, caterpillar report later this week. Theres key economic data. The u. S. Reports how the economy fared in the Third Quarter on thursday. That Third Quarter gdp will be really interesting to watch. Probably a huge bounce back after just an epic collapse earlier in the summer. Dunkin brands sup for sales. Its in preliminary talks to go private in a sale to inspire brands, a private equity backed inspire owns several restaurants including arbys and buffalo wild wings. Dunkin says theres no certainty of a deal. Inspire declined to comment. The New York Times reported the potential 8. 8 billion sale. Dunkin brands operates 13,000 stores, and 8,000 baskin robbins. Set to release earnings on thursday. Dont expect to board a del delta flight if you refuse to wear a mask. Delta has banned 460 people from flying for not normalifollowing mask policy. In a memo to employees, a mask is the simplest and most effective action. The airlines say the get tough policy is vital to protecting both passengers and their crew members. Pope francis has named 13 new Roman Catholic cardinals including the first africanamerican cardinal of the United States. The appointment of washington, d. C. Arch Bishop Wilton gregly makes him the highest ranking africanamerican leader of the church. The 72yearold gregory is best known for leading the churchs response to an internal sex abuse scandal in the early 2,000s, nine of the newly named cardinals are younger than 80 years old which allows them to vote on a success sor to the pontiff. Reubens is the only American Voter not currently on planet earth, at least that we know of, she tweeted a selfie voting from the International Space station last week. Heres the way it works. A secure electronic ballot is uploaded to the Mission Control center. 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