Harris-Trump showdown: First votes cast at midnight in tiny New Hampshire township

The archetypal results of the 2024 predetermination time are successful from Dixville Notch, New Hampshire with erstwhile President Donald Trump and Vice-president Kamala Harris splitting the tiny town's six votes. 

The last number work retired by officials astir 12:10 a.m. connected Tuesday greeting were 3 for Trump and 3 for Harris. 

The six citizens of Dixville Notch, which is simply a distant unincorporated township successful New Hampshire's North Country region, formed their ballots astatine midnight. 

Before voters formed their ballots, Cory Pesaturo, three-time satellite accordion champion, performed an accordion rendition of the nationalist anthem arsenic voters held their hands implicit their hearts. 

Dixville Notch, NH - January 23: Dixville Notch Town Moderator Tom Tillotson reaches into the ballot container to instrumentality retired the archetypal ballots formed successful the New Hampshire Primary. Nikki Haley won Dixville Notch 6-0. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

The tiny colony began its contented of midnight voting successful 1960. Four years ago, then-former Vice President Biden swept each 5 votes formed successful the tiny township adjacent the U.S.-Canadian border, en way to his White House triumph implicit Trump.

A antheral tallies the votes from the 5 ballots formed conscionable aft midnight, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, successful Dixville Notch, N.H. Democratic statesmanlike campaigner and erstwhile Vice President Joe Biden received each 5 votes. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)

All eligible voters successful the township - which totaled six successful New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation statesmanlike superior successful January - gathered successful Dixville's Tillotson House, wherever voting remained unfastened until everybody formed their ballot.

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Dixville Notch isn't the lone New Hampshire municipality which has grabbed nationalist attraction with midnight voting connected Election Day.

Harts Location - successful the state's White Mountains - started midnight voting successful 1948. And Millfield, which is adjacent Dixville Notch successful New Hampshire's North Country, has besides held midnight voting. 

But successful the 2024 wide election, Dixville Notch was the lone determination successful New Hampshire holding midnight voting.

A elector casts his ballot during the New Hampshire superior of the 2024 U.S. statesmanlike predetermination successful Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the United States, connected Jan. 23, 2024.  The New Hampshire superior of the 2024 U.S. statesmanlike predetermination began astatine midnight connected Tuesday with the archetypal ballots formed successful the distant assemblage of Dixville Notch. (Hu Yousong/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Every 4 years - during the state's statesmanlike superior and the wide predetermination - reporters and media outlets from astir the state and the globe descend connected Dixville Notch to screen the midnight vote.

Tom Tillotson, the longtime municipality moderator of the vote, has noted that "we get our 15 minutes of fame each 4 years."

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