New Hampshire hamlet tied in first US Election day votes

New Hampshire hamlet tied in first US Election day votes

/ 03:03 PM November 05, 2024

New Hampshire hamlet tied in first US Election day votes

Harris and Trump tie 3 to 3 as the residents of Dixville Notch cast their ballots in the US election at midnight in the living room of the Tillotson House at the Balsams Grand Resort, marking the first votes in the US election, in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire on November 5, 2024. Agence France-Presse

DIXVILLE NOTCH, United States — Voters in the US hamlet of Dixville Notch launched Election Day in the first minutes of Tuesday with a tied vote, mirroring the incredibly close national polls in the White House race.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump each got three ballots in the tiny community in the northeastern state of New Hampshire which for decades has kicked off Election Day at the stroke of midnight Monday — hours before the rest of the country’s polling stations open.

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The Democratic vice president and Republican ex-president have been battling in a tense and exceptionally close race, with opinion polls largely tied.

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To a gathered crowd of journalists, the vote opened with a rendition of the US national anthem performed on an accordion.

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Electoral laws in New Hampshire allow municipalities with fewer than 100 residents to open their polling stations at midnight and to close them when all registered voters have fulfilled their civic duty.

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Dixville Notch’s residents voted unanimously for then candidate Joe Biden in 2020, reportedly only the second presidential hopeful to get all the votes since the midnight voting tradition began in 1960.

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Most polling stations on the East Coast will open at 6:00 or 7:00 am (1100 or 1200 GMT) on Tuesday.

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Dixville Notch voters handed a surprise unanimous victory to Republican White House hopeful Nikki Haley in New Hampshire’s primary in January.

Haley ultimately quit the race due to an insurmountable Trump lead — but Tuesday’s vote shows that three voters opted not to back the billionaire in the general election.

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