Election Day officially begins as Harris, Trump tie in Dixville Notch midnight vote

Following nationalist trends, Harris and Trump garnered 3 votes each.

Vice President Kamala Harris and erstwhile President Donald Trump person tied successful nan Dixville Notch midnight ballot kicking disconnected nan charismatic commencement to 2024's Election Day.

Following nan nationalist trends, indicating a very adjacent race, Harris and Trump each garnered 3 votes betwixt nan six registered voters successful Dixville Notch, a mini New Hampshire northbound state town.

The group -- composed of 4 registered Republicans and 2 registered undeclared voters -- remained divided successful their determination for president.

With much journalists astatine nan Balsam Resort than voters, nan full process from commencement to decorativeness lasted astir 10 minutes. After nan nationalist anthem was played, each six voters walked one-by-one into nan voting booth earlier nan ballots were subsequently manus counted and publication retired large arsenic nan results were scribbled connected a achromatic board.

A man votes successful nan 2024 U.S. statesmanlike predetermination connected Election Day successful Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, U.S., November 5, 2024. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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In nan title for New Hampshire’s governor, Republican gubernatorial campaigner Kelly Ayotte received 5 votes indicating that Dixville Notch opted to divided their ballots compared to nan statesmanlike race.

In nan past 2 statesmanlike elections, nan Dixville Notch voters person tilted toward nan Democrats, giving each 5 of their votes successful 2020 to President Joe Biden and 4 of their 7 votes successful 2016 to Hillary Clinton.

The contented dates backmost astir 60 years, but this year, Dixville Notch is nan only municipality successful New Hampshire that voted astatine midnight. Officials pinch 2 different towns that traditionally subordinate successful connected nan midnight voting -- Millsfield and Hart's Location -- person decided to clasp much traditional, daytime voting hours.