PNN – The presidential election of November 5, 2024 of the United States of America officially began an hour ago in a village in the state of New Hampshire, and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris each got equal votes.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, American TV channels announced on Tuesday morning local time that In-person voting in the US presidential election began in the village of Dixville Notch in New Hampshire at midnight, and Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, the two candidates of the Republican and Democratic parties, won equal votes.
The village of Dixville Notch on the US-Canada border is traditionally the first point where voting takes place in the early hours of voting day (midnight) and has a very small population.
According to ABC News, out of a total of 6 eligible Americans participating in the Dixville Notch election, three voted for Kamala Harris and three voted for Donald Trump.
Voters in Dixville Notch gather at the Balsams Hotel to cast their ballots after the polls open, after which the votes are counted and the results announced.
According to reports, four people participated in this village to vote for the Republican Party and two people did not announce their party name.
In the 2020 presidential election, Biden won 5-0 over Trump in this city, and in the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton won four of the seven votes cast.
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Also in the New Hampshire gubernatorial race, Republican candidate Kelly Ayotte received five votes while his Democratic challenger, Joyce Craig, only managed to receive one vote.
The start of elections in other states in a few hours
Elections in other states, including New York and Washington, DC, will also be held in the early hours of Tuesday morning local time.
Over 81 million early votes so far
Also, according to statistics, more than 81 million Americans have participated in the 2024 elections by early attendance at polling stations or sending their votes by mail. According to the Florida University Election Research Center, 81,379,684 early votes were cast.
According to US election laws, voters in some states can cast their ballots in person or by mail earlier than Election Day.
The seven key states for electing the next president of the United States of America are: Arizona, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
538 Electoral College votes are divided between the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Each state gets at least three votes depending on the number of congressional representatives it has. Congressional seats are allocated to each state based on their population. Therefore, the smallest states have three Electoral College votes (they have two senators and one congressman). Washington DC also gets three votes.
The most populous states receive more electoral votes: California won 54 electoral votes (with two senators and 52 congressional districts), Texas 40, Florida 30, New York 28, etc. In almost all states, the winning candidate gets all the electoral votes. Any candidate who gets 270 or more electoral votes becomes president.
The Electoral College will meet on December 17 to officially cast their ballots and send the results to Congress. The candidate who gets 270 electoral votes or more becomes the president.
The votes will be officially tallied by Congress on January 6, and the new president will be sworn in on January 20.