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Compiled by the Government Communication and Information System Date: 04 Nov 2008 Title: United States goes to the polls -------------------- Dixville Notch - A dozen voters from Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, kicked off the day-long polling in the US presidential elections on Tuesday. The crowd had waited from midnight eastern US time to cast their votes for a new president. The polls, which officially closed minutes later, showed that 15 votes went for Democratic ticket Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Republican ticket John McCain and Sarah Palin grabbed 6 votes, while Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez, an independent ticket, got no votes. 21 eligible voters cast their votes. Dixville Notch, a small village located in the far north of New Hampshire, is well known for its longstanding middle-of-the-night vote in the US presidential elections, a symbolic event which marks the casting of the first ballots and the elections' initial results. Hart's Location, a small town in New Hampshire, also shares Dixville Notch's enviable status of being one of the first places to cast votes in the elections. But for millions of other eligible voters, polling stations will not open until at least hours later. A few voting districts in neighboring Vermont are scheduled to open at 5am, followed by the remainder of eastern states where polling stations open at 6am or 7am. Presidential candidates Mr Obama and Mr McCain travelled through key states on Monday, to win over last votes. They also vowed to bring about change in editorials published Monday in The Wall Street Journal. - BuaNews-Xinhua |
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