Published 14:06 IST, November 3rd 2020
US election 2020: Biden claims sweeping victory as Dixville Notch announces results
In the first ballot results of the US Election 2020, former US VP and Democratic Challenger Joe Biden won in the tiny town of Dixville Notch in New Hampshire.
- World News
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In the first ballot results of the US Election 2020, former US Vice President and Democratic Challenger Joe Biden won in the tiny town of Dixville Notch in New Hampshire in a sweep by getting all five votes while Trump got none. The ballots in the town with 12 residents at the US-Canada border, were cast in the minutes after polls opened at midnight following its own tradition.
All eligible voters reportedly gathered in the stories “Ballot Room” at the Balsams resort in Dixville Notch to cast their secret ballots on November 3. The votes are tallied and announced hours before anywhere else in the nation on Election day. Even though it was one of the first nations known to announce its favourable candidate, the unincorporated township is not always predictive of the actual winner.
In the 2016 presidential elections, Dixville Notch had voted for Hillary Clinton, US President Donald Trump’s then-challenger. However, the Republican leader went on to win the Electoral College. Meanwhile, another town that opened its polls just after midnight, Millsfield where Trump won by 16-5 lead over Biden.
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Twitter and Facebook flagged a post by US President Donald Trump in which he calls the Supreme Court’s decision on voting in Pennsylvania “very dangerous” and claims about potential violence. US Apex Court just last week had permitted to extend the deadlines for receiving mail-in ballots during November 3 in Pennsylvania and North Carolina states that can contribute to Trump’s re-election. This decision by the court let stand a ruling by Pennsylvania’s top court allowing mail-in ballots postmarked by Tuesday and received up to three days later to be counted.
Updated 14:05 IST, November 3rd 2020