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    There was a presidential tie at Dixville Notch in New Hampshire, with Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump each receiving three votes in the first ballot on Election Day.

    Polls in the township opened at midnight Tuesday and all six residents voted on who would become the next president of the United States, according to the New Hampshire Secretary of State’s website.

    Dixville Notch is a remote unincorporated community in New Hampshire, about 10 miles east of Vermont.

    The polling stations close when ‘everyone has voted’.

    All six residents of the municipality gathered at midnight local time. Three voted for Harris and three voted for Trump, mirroring the election’s predictions.

    There is one more person registered to vote in the municipality than in 2020, when the municipality had only five inhabitants.

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    When can the rest of New Hampshire vote?

    Voting times in New Hampshire vary by town or city.

    In Concord, the state capital, voting takes place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., while in Eaton, people can cast ballots from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., according to the Secretary of State’s website.

    In Millsfield, about five miles southeast of Dixville, voting also takes place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

    Click here to view the polling places for a specific area in the state.

    Split votes are different from primary votes

    While the election was split 50/50, the primaries had a different outcome.

    During the 2024 presidential election, all six residents voted for presidential candidate Nikki Haley, a Republican candidate and former ambassador to the United Nations.

    A decades-old tradition

    The midnight tradition started in 1960.

    Voting began at midnight in Dixville Notch as Neil Tillotson led a successful campaign at the New Hampshire Legislature to recognize the town as a standalone polling place, according to CBS News.

    “It’s an unincorporated township and at that time it had no authority to do anything,” Tom Tillotson, Neil’s son and current town moderator, told the network. “They got together, nine people, and voted at midnight,” Tillotson said. “I don’t think there was much press coverage that first year…but that started the tradition.”

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