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Dixville Notch - First Results From New Hampshire (full)

submitted by mintbbb

1 decade 5 years 6 months 4 weeks ago

YouTube: David Shuster on MSNBC's Hardball announces the play by play of voting in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire.

In what has been since 1960 a traditional win for Republicans in this small resort town, in 2008 Obama wins over McCain!

Dixville Notch is FIRST in the nation of live voting where people cast their ballots at midnight November 4 and election officials count the votes minutes later.

Precursor of things to come?

McCain 6 votes, Ralph Nader 0, Barack Obama 15.

Sidenote: Here is how The Balsams Resort describes the voting process:

"In 1952, New Hampshire first provided its residents with the opportunity to vote in Presidential primaries. In these early elections, many small towns around the state competed to get their votes in first. But ever since Dixville Notch was granted the privilege of being a voting community in 1960, it has continuously maintained the honor of being First in the Nation to report its results of the Presidential election.

In order to maintain this honorary status, every single registered voter in Dixville Notch must turn out and vote. Just before midnight the day before the election, these voters come to The BALSAMS and take a headcount to ensure everyone is present. When the polls officially open at the strike of midnight, each voter heads to a booth in the Ballot Room and casts his or her vote. The entire process takes about a minute."