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Showdown between Harris and Trump: The first votes are cast in a tiny township in New Hampshire

Showdown between Harris and Trump: The first votes are cast in a tiny township in New Hampshire

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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 number, read out by officials around 12:10 a.m. Tuesday morning, was 3 for Trump and 3 for Harris.

The six citizens of Dixville Notch, a remote unincorporated community in New Hampshire's North Country region, cast their votes at midnight.

Before voters cast their votes, Cory Pesaturo, three-time world accordion champion, played the national anthem on the accordion while voters held their hands over their hearts.

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

The tiny village began its tradition of midnight voting in 1960. Four years ago, then-former Vice President Biden won all five votes cast in the tiny community near the U.S.-Canadian border en route to his White House victory over Trump .

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

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

All eligible voters in the community—six total in New Hampshire's first presidential primary in January—gathered at the Tillotson House in Dixville, where voting remained open until everyone had cast their ballots.

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

Hart's location – in the state's White Mountains – began midnight voting in 1948. And Millfield, near Dixville Notch in New Hampshire's North Country, also held midnight elections.

But in the 2024 general election, Dixville Notch was the only place in New Hampshire to have midnight voting.

New Hampshire primary voters

A voter casts his vote during the New Hampshire primary of the 2024 U.S. presidential election on January 23, 2024 in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, USA. The New Hampshire primary for the 2024 US 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 primary and general election – reporters and media outlets from across the country and around the world come to Dixville Notch to cover the midnight election.

Tom Tillotson, the poll's longtime city moderator, has observed that “we get our 15 minutes of fame every four years.”

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