The first votes have been casted in the Presidential election. The Associated Press reported that Dixville Notch, New Hampshire is the town where the first presidential election votes are traditionally cast.
ITV reported that the ten registered voters in the small town were the first Americans to cast their ballots on Tuesday Nov. 6, election day. The residents cast their vote on midnight, the results showed the ten voters split evenly for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney-showing how close the race is.
Traditionally, Harts Location in Carroll County, New Hampshire is also one of the first locations to vote. The Huffington Post reported that this year the town had 23 votes for Barack Obama with Mitt Romney getting nine votes. Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson received one vote.
The Huffington Post reported that in 2008, Harts Location cast Obama also won with 17 votes and John McCain with 10, Ron Paul with two write in votes.
The AP reported that both small towns have been the first to vote in the country since 1948.
"Dixville shares midnight voting with Hart's Location, which began the early-bird tradition in 1948. Most residents of the White Mountain village then were railroad workers who had to be on the job during normal polling hours. By 1964 the townspeople had grown weary of the media attention and the late hours and did away with the practice. They revived it in 1996," reported The AP.
Obama and Romney went through seven key states during their final day of campaigning to get undecided voters to sway each way. NBC News reported, "Romney planned to vote at home in Massachusetts on Tuesday morning before a final trip to Ohio and Pennsylvania, a Democratic-leaning state that he has tried to put in play in recent weeks. Obama, who voted in October, will spend the day at his home in Chicago."
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