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Tuesday 3 November 2020 10:15
The presidential elections of the United States, faced by Donald Trump and the Democratic candidate Joe Biden, have begun when two small cities of New Hampshire open the doors to the polling stations.
Polling stations opened at midnight local time (5 a.m. GMT) in the cities of Dixville Notch and Millsfield.
Five voters cast their ballots in Dixville Notch, a small town of 12 in the northeastern United States, in a symbolic start of the presidential election for midnight Tuesday, voting unanimously for Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
By voting for it in the middle of the night, the town in the New Hampshire woods near the Canadian border has followed a tradition since the 1960s that has earned it the nickname “First in the Country.”
With the exception of the nearby town of Millsfield, which also votes at night, most polling stations on the East Coast of the United States open at 6 or 7 am on Tuesday (12 GMT).
The vote lasted only a few minutes, after which the votes were quickly counted and the results announced, and all five votes were cast in favor of Biden, while President Donald Trump, the second-term candidate, got no votes. .
Always a Republican voter
Les Otton, who described himself as “always a Republican voter,” said he would vote for Biden.
He explained, as quoted by a tweet on the town’s Twitter account, “I don’t agree with him on many issues, but I think the time has come to look for what unites us rather than what divides us.”
Election laws in this small state allow cities with fewer than 100 people to open polling stations from midnight and close after all those registered on the electoral roll have cast their votes.
But the opening of the elections does not make the municipality an indicator of its overall result, in the 2016 elections, Dixville Notch voted for the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, but the presidency went to Trump.
Stay in the presidency
With Biden advancing in the polls, even in critical critical states, Trump is vying to stay in office for another four years.
Voters in all states also vote on a number of other issues, including the Senate, House seats, and many state and local offices.
Those issues, including 35 Senate seats, House seats and numerous state and local offices, and a plethora of referendums on topics ranging from tax policy to drug laws.
