The tradition was respected: a first village delivered its verdict and launched the American presidential election

A the image of the polls, the six voters of Dixville Notch, a hamlet lost in the forests of New Hampshire on the northeastern border of the United States with Canada, did not succeed in deciding between the candidates for the American presidential election.

This village launched the vote on Tuesday at midnight, perpetuating a tradition established since 1960, which earned it the title of “First in the Nation”.

The vote took only a few minutes, as did the counting and announcement of the results: three votes for Democrat Kamala Harris and three votes for Republican Donald Trump.

Polling stations open at 6 a.m.

Apart from the neighboring village of Millsfield which also votes during the night, most polling stations on the east coast will open at 6 a.m. (12 p.m. Belgian time) or 7 a.m. (1 p.m. Belgian time) on Tuesday.

The electoral laws of this small northeastern state allow municipalities with fewer than 100 inhabitants to open their polling stations at midnight and to be able to close them when all the people registered on the electoral lists have voted.

In 2020, the five electors of Dixville Notch voted unanimously – for only the second time since 1960 – for Joe Biden.