Voting is already underway in the village of Dixville Notch in New Hampshire. This town is traditionally the first in the United States to vote. Since there are only 6 people living in the village, the voting results can be found immediately. The showdown between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris ended in a draw.
All six residents cast their votes just after midnight local time (6am Polish time in the editorial) and the results were announced immediately.
Dixville Notch voters (four of whom are registered as Republicans and two are registered as independent voters) were evenly divided among the presidential candidates, but five of them were He voted for the state's Republican gubernatorial candidate, Kelly Ayotte.
In 2020, all five of the town's then-electors (only one was Republican at the time) voted for Joe Biden.
US elections. small town traditions
The tradition of voting after midnight in New Hampshire dates back to 1948 and began in Hart's Location, a mountain town with fewer than 70 residents. Dixville Notch, which has held night elections since 1960, has an official population of six, and Millfield, another town that once participated in the tradition, has a population of 25. This year, the only such election was held in Dixville Notch.
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In most of the rest of the state, voting will begin at 7 a.m. local time (1 p.m. in Poland – ed.). Voting begins an hour earlier in the first East Coast states of Maine, New York, New Jersey, Virginia and Connecticut. In most states, voting will be open until 10 p.m. On the 19th or 20th local time, the last circuits in the country will be closed in Alaska and Hawaii. 1 Polish time.
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