{"id":122350,"date":"2024-11-05T13:46:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T06:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122350"},"modified":"2024-11-05T13:46:15","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T06:46:15","slug":"harris-and-trump-tie-in-dixville-notch-midnight-vote-to-kick-off-election-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122350","title":{"rendered":"Harris and Trump tie in Dixville Notch midnight vote to kick off Election Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33ldfwd000l26njb4hvchou@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have tied with three votes each in the tiny New Hampshire township of Dixville Notch, kicking off Election Day in one of the first places in the country to report its presidential preference.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm33q3pcz00003b5vznl79q9f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The unincorporated township, located along the US-Canada border in New Hampshire\u2019s northern tip, opened and closed its poll just after midnight ET in a tradition that dates back to 1960. Four Republicans and two undeclared voters participated.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3401sis000a3b5vapz393mf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While Dixville Notch isn\u2019t always predictive of the eventual winner \u2013 or even the state\u2019s pick \u2013 its annual production, despite a dwindling population, is a success story for local leaders and a reason to smile for political junkies eager for an early taste of the day\u2019s events.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3401sis000b3b5v0ch68j3x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            By tradition, all eligible voters gather at the now-dormant Balsams Hotel in Dixville Notch to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DixvilleVote\/status\/1323286412809129986\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cast their secret ballots<\/a> once polls open at midnight. Once every ballot is cast, votes are tallied and results announced \u2013 hours before anywhere else, making it a destination for national reporters, who often outnumber the voters.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3401sis000c3b5v4hoilkx2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Les Otten, one of the township\u2019s voters and the lead developer for the Balsams, called the early release of the results \u201ca civics lesson for the country,\u201d adding that \u201cif we can help people get out and understand that voting is an important part of their right as an American citizen, that\u2019s perhaps the key to what we\u2019re doing.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3401sis000d3b5v0flqwg7f@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Otten said he expects to break ground on the redevelopment project next summer. In the meantime, he said, \u201cas long as we\u2019re here and we\u2019re property owners and we have, you know, our toothbrush in our bathrooms, we might as well exercise our right to vote.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3401sis000e3b5v1pg0rmiq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Nearby Millsfield and Hart\u2019s Location, which is tucked in the White Mountains, first offered midnight voting before Dixville Notch but haven\u2019t participated continuously and aren\u2019t conducting it this year. A fictionalized version of the three neighbors was featured in an episode of Aaron Sorkin\u2019s \u201cWest Wing\u201d dubbed \u201cHartsfield\u2019s Landing.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3401sis000f3b5vj0tvt1il@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Dixville Notch voters have supported the Democratic nominee the last two presidential elections, with the township in 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/11\/02\/politics\/dixville-notch-2020-results\/index.html\">unanimously casting five votes<\/a> for President Joe Biden and with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2016\/11\/08\/politics\/dixville-notch-results-2016\/index.html\">Hillary Clinton in 2016<\/a> winning four of seven votes \u2014 two went to Trump and one to Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3401sis000g3b5vg1nccedk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In January, four registered Republican voters and two independents participated in the GOP primary, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/01\/23\/politics\/dixville-notch-new-hampshire-primary\/index.html\">casting six unanimous votes<\/a> for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3401sis000h3b5vjap0fmro@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The 75-year-old Otten, who said he has been \u201ca Republican ever since I was seven years old,\u201d told CNN before Tuesday\u2019s vote that he would cast his ballot for Harris.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3401sis000i3b5vr53dw27i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cNowhere in the Pledge of Allegiance does it say anything about pledging your allegiance to a person,\u201d Otten said. \u201cAnd I think at the end of the day, Trump has made it clear that you need to pledge allegiance to him, and he alone can fix this, and that is as anti-democratic as I can understand.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3401sis000j3b5vl3by5i8k@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The voters also cast their votes in the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/29\/politics\/new-hampshire-governors-race-2024\/index.html\">most competitive governor\u2019s race<\/a> between former one-term Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Democratic nominee Joyce Craig, the former mayor of Manchester, to succeed retiring Republican Gov. Chris Sununu.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3401sis000l3b5v21iory55@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>CNN\u2019s Gary Tuchman, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/eva-mckend-profile\"><em>Eva McKend<\/em><\/a><em>, Ethan Cohen, Molly English, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/gregory-krieg\"><em>Gregory Krieg<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/profiles\/eric-bradner\"><em>Eric Bradner<\/em><\/a><em> contributed to this report.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/05\/politics\/dixville-notch-new-hampshire-2024-results\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have tied with three votes each in the tiny New Hampshire township of Dixville Notch, kicking off Election Day &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122350\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}