New Hampshire's 6 voters prepare to cast their primary ballots at midnight, the 1st in the nation
In tiny Dixville Notch, the six registered voters who were preparing to cast their primary ballots at midnight Tuesday were outnumbered more than 10 to one by reporters and at least four to one by freshly baked chocolate chip cookies
DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — The six registered voters in tiny Dixville Notch who were preparing to cast their primary ballots at midnight Tuesday were outnumbered more than 10-to-1 by reporters from every corner of the globe — not to mention by a pile of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies.
The New Hampshire resort community has a tradition of first-in-the-nation voting that dates back to 1960, with the results usually announced just a few minutes after midnight.
With such a tiny sample of voters, the results are not typically indicative of how an election will end up. But they do provide for an early curiosity.
In some previous elections, a couple of other tiny New Hampshire towns have also voted at midnight, but this year Dixville Notch is going it alone.
