Harris and Trump tie in Dixville Notch midnight vote to kick off Election Day
November 5, 2024
“By tradition, all eligible voters gather at the now-dormant Balsams Hotel in Dixville Notch to cast their secret ballots once polls open at midnight. Once every ballot is cast, votes are tallied and results announced – hours before anywhere else, making it a destination for national reporters, who often outnumber the voters.
Les Otten, one of the township’s voters and the lead developer for the Balsams, called the early release of the results ‘a civics lesson for the country,’ adding that ‘if we can help people get out and understand that voting is an important part of their right as an American citizen, that’s perhaps the key to what we’re doing.’…”