The election results from the first US village are in

They seem symptomatic of the extremely close race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

The first decisions of the US presidential election have been made: In the small town of Dixville Notch in the state of New Hampshire, the Democrat Kamala Harris and her Republican opponent Donald Trump achieved a tie with 3 votes to 3, as was handwritten there shortly after midnight (local time). board was announced. The voter turnout was 100 percent.

Since 1960, the polling station in Dixville Notch has opened at midnight on election day. Since there are only six registered voters in the ski resort near the Canadian border, voting and counting are carried out quickly. The result was already clear shortly after midnight. US television channels broadcast the vote and counting live. In the 2020 election, US President Joe Biden won here without a dissenting vote against Trump.

The fact that voting is allowed so early is thanks to a law in New Hampshire. It allows municipalities with fewer than 100 residents to open their polling stations at midnight for both the primary elections and later the presidential election. Historical background: This was intended to enable railway workers to go to sleep after voting and then get to work on time.

The results from the small towns did not always reflect who ultimately became president. CNN commentators took the tie as a sign of how close the race is between Harris and Trump. (sda/dpa/con)

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