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Harris vs Trump showdown: First votes cast in small town New Hampshire
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Harris vs Trump showdown: First votes cast in small town New Hampshire

The first results of Election Day 2024 are in from Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, with former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris splitting the small town’s six votes.

The final tally read by officials around 12:10 Tuesday morning was 3 for Trump and 3 for Harris.

The six residents of Dixville Notch, a remote unincorporated township in New Hampshire’s North Country region, cast their ballots at midnight.

Before voters cast their votes, Cory Pesaturo, three-time world accordion champion, performed an accordion rendition of the national anthem as voters held their hands over their hearts.

Dixville Notch, NH - January 23: Dixville Notch Town Moderator Tom Tillotson reaches into the ballot box to collect the first ballots cast in the New Hampshire Primary. Nikki Haley won Dixville Notch 6-0. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Dixville Notch, NH – January 23: Dixville Notch Town Moderator Tom Tillotson reaches into the ballot box to collect the first ballots cast in the New Hampshire Primary. Nikki Haley won Dixville Notch 6-0. (Photo by Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

The small town began its tradition of midnight voting in 1960. Four years ago, then-Vice President Biden wiped out all five votes cast in the small town near the U.S.-Canadian border en route to his victory in the White House on Trump.

A man counts the votes from the five ballots cast just after midnight, Tuesday, November 3, 2020, in Dixville Notch. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden of NH received all five votes. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)

A man counts the votes from the five ballots cast just after midnight, Tuesday, November 3, 2020, in Dixville Notch. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden of NH received all five votes. (AP Photo/Scott Eisen)

All eligible voters in the township — a total of six during New Hampshire’s first presidential primary in January — gathered at the Tillotson House in Dixville, where voting remained open until everyone had cast their ballot.

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Dixville Notch isn’t the only New Hampshire town that has captured national attention with midnight voting on Election Day.

Harts Location – in the state’s White Mountains – began voting at midnight in 1948. And Millfield, near Dixville Notch in New Hampshire’s North Country, also voted at midnight.

But in the 2024 general election, Dixville Notch was the only location in New Hampshire with midnight voting.

Primary Voters in New Hampshire

A voter casts his ballot during the New Hampshire primary of the 2024 United States presidential election in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, the United States, on January 23, 2024. The New Hampshire primary of the 2024 United States presidential election began at midnight on Tuesday with the first ballots cast in the remote community of Dixville Notch. (Hu Yousong/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Every four years — during the state’s presidential primaries and the general election — reporters and media from across the country and around the world descend on Dixville Notch to cover the midnight vote.

Tom Tillotson, longtime city moderator of the vote, has noted that “every four years we get our 15 minutes of fame.”

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