I'm hoping this diary won't scroll off before I can update it with the results of the vote in Dixville Notch, NH. This tiny town in northern New Hampshire will be in the spotlight pretty soon.
Here's some pre-vote info:
The Mercury News
In Dixville Notch, N.H., 378 miles north and a world away from Co-op City, a very different scene will unfold on Tuesday. Since its institution in 1960, the polling place for this unincorporated township in New Hampshire's White Mountains has processed between eight and 30 votes each election.
This used to be quite the thing for the town. It used to be the first place to post election results, but as CNN points out, with early voting happening across the country, perhaps it's not so special anymore.
Still, I anxiously await the results tonight. I still think there's something about it ...
Update [2004-11-2 0:22:1 by Gearhead]::
Kerry:15
Bush:15
Nader:1
I SMELL A LANDSLIDE!
Update [2004-11-2 0:46:52 by Gearhead]::
Kerry:7
Bush:19
In Hart's Location, NH
Kerry:15
Bush:15
Okay, I smell burnt toast right now: Misinformation and innacurate reporting. Hrumph!
Here's a link:MSNBC
Again, from
The Mercury News:
Hours before voters in most of the nation's precincts are even thinking of getting out of bed, Dixville Notch's voting-age population of 11 Republicans, two Democrats and 13 independents lines up at the Balsams resort, where a special room is permanently set aside for elections.
Dixville Notch takes advantage of a New Hampshire law that allows voting to begin at midnight on Election Day, and at 12:01 a.m. the voters proceed to their voting booths - each citizen has his or her own - marks a ballot and drops it in the ballot box.
Dixville Notch moderator Thomas Tillotson, who runs the township's elections, closes the polls and counts the votes, and by about 12:15 a.m. Dixville Notch has made its choice, typically announced prominently on late-night TV news as the first local returns in the nation.
"We don't have very many people," Tillotson said. "It only takes a few minutes."
Here's how it came down in 2000, as told by WBAY (AP) (my emphasis):
In the 2000 election, George W. Bush got 21 votes, Al Gore got five and Ralph Nader received one.
That's not surprising. There are no registered Democrats in Dixville Notch, and only eleven unaffiliated voters.
[editor's note, by Gearhead]: PLEASE POST results when you find them, I might not be able to get them right away. I will scan AP and Reuters - Gearhead