New Hampshire hamlet tied in first day votes
Published: 04:11 PM,Nov 05,2024 | EDITED : 08:11 PM,Nov 05,2024
TOPSHOT - 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. The six people voting in Dixville Notch, four Republican and two undeclared, kick off Election Day at the stroke of midnight.
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have tied with three votes each. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
DIXVILLE NOTCH: 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 received 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 on Monday—hours before the rest of the country's polling stations open. The Democratic vice-president and Republican ex-president have been battling in a tense and exceptionally close race, with opinion polls largely tied. To a gathered crowd of journalists, the vote opened with a rendition of the US national anthem performed on an accordion. 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. — AFP