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Obama, McCain Capture Dixville Notch Vote

As we mentioned in the previous piece on Dixville Notch, not only is it the first-in-the-nation to vote on general election day, but the first to vote on primary day as well. And at midnight the residents of the tiny community got together to cast their ballots.

Barack Obama got seven of the ten ballots cast for Democrats in the village, John Edwards two and Bill Richardson one. On the Republican side, John McCain got four votes, Mitt Romney two and Rudy Giuliani one.

In Hart's Location - the other New Hampshire community that has a friendly competition with Dixville notch for the first voting crown - Obama received nine votes, Hillary Rodham Clinton received three and John Edwards received one. For Republicans, McCain received six, Mike Huckabee got five, Ron Paul received four and Mitt Romney one.

New Hampshire law allows communities of fewer than 100 residents to close polls once voting is over and announce the results. And Dixville Notch residents are taking no chances that nearby Hart's Location will steal back the title it lost in 1960. Each of the 13 people who voted at midnight at The Balsams Hotel in Dixville Notch had their own voting booth. Four other ballots were cast by mail. The balloting was over within minutes as 12 Independents, 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats voted.

6:21 AM ET | 01- 8-2008 | permalink

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