Thread: N.H. early results are in

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Dixville Notch Results
Kasich 3
Trump 2
Others 0

Bernie 4
Clinton 0
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What happened to waiting until the polls close to release election results?

3 Towns to Cast First Votes in N.H. at Midnight

John Kasich, Bernie Sanders win in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire


The tiny community of Dixville Notch released first-in-the-state results for the first-in-the-nation primary just after midnight and it was a 3-2 victory for John Kasich over Donald Trump on the Republican side. (Associated Press) more >

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times - Updated: 12:09 a.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2016

The first New Hampshire votes are in, and John Kasich and Bernie Sanders have grabbed early leads.

The tiny community of Dixville Notch released first-in-the-state results for the first-in-the-nation primary just after midnight and it was a 3-2 victory for Mr. Kasich over Donald Trump on the Republican side. Among Democrats, Mr. Sanders won a unanimous 4-0 victory over Hillary Clinton.

It was a second straight shutout loss for Mrs. Clinton, who also failed to get a single Dixville Notch vote in the 2008 primary, while then-Sen. Barack Obama took seven votes to John Edwards’s two and Bill Richardson’s one.

About 20 miles from the border with Canada, Dixville Notch’s nine registered voters are mostly employees of the Balsams Grand Resort Hotel. The hotel is closed for renovations as a ski resort, but has continued to host midnight voting.

Since 1960, for every federal election, Dixville Notch residents have voted at midnight and the community promptly announced the first-in-the-nation results.

But ironically, if the Balsams renovations succeed in boosting the local economy, 2016 may be the last year for Dixville Notch’s election status.


Among Democrats, Bernie Sanders won a unanimous 4-0 victory over Hillary Clinton. ... more >

Dixville Notch can only do what it does because New Hampshire has a unique state law that lets communities with less than 100 voters open voting at midnight on election day and then close up and announce results as soon as all votes have been cast.

If the Balsams becomes a major resort as hoped, the local population could well top 100.

This time around, Dixville Notch had to share the spotlight, as two other tiny northern New Hampshire towns — Hart’s Location and Millsfield — decided to take advantage of the New Hampshire midnight-voting law. All three small towns are within a two-hour drive of the Canadian border.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...le-notch-new-/

. . . Texas Sen. Ted Cruz won Millsfield with nine votes

followed by Trump getting three,

Kaisch, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio each got one vote;

Sen. Rand Paul also got one vote even though he dropped out of the presidential race last week.

On the Democratic side, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got two votes and Bernie Sanders got one vote.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/new-ha...results-218986

. . .
Hart's Location, farther south, is the third town that has cast ballots.

Kasich got five votes there,
Trump four,
Chris Christie two and

one each for Jeb Bush,
Ben Carson and
Marco Rubio.

On the Democratic side,
Bernie Sanders got 12 votes while
Clinton got seven.

Mark Stewart Greenstein, a Democratic candidate from the Live Free or Die Alliance also got two votes. . .

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/08/466073...edict-anything

Dixville Notch can only do what it does because New Hampshire has a unique state law that lets communities with less than 100 voters open voting at midnight on election day and then close up and announce results as soon as all votes have been cast.

Wow, that is so quirky lol

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Originally Posted by Judy

What happened to waiting until the polls close to release election results?

New Hampshire has a unique state law that lets communities with less than 100 voters open voting at midnight on election day and then close up and announce results as soon as all votes have been cast.

New Hampshire primary results