The communities of Dixville Notch, Hart’s Location, and Millsfield all vote at the midnight beginning election day. The tradition started to accommodate railroad workers who had to be at work before normal voting hours. The voting tradition has been followed in Dixille Notch since the 1960 presidential election, in Hart’s location from 1948 to 1964 and since 1996, and in Millsfield since 2016.
About New Hampshire midnight voting in brief
The communities of Dixville Notch, Hart’s Location, and Millsfield all vote at the midnight beginning election day, known as the New Hampshire midnight votes. The tradition started to accommodate railroad workers who had to be at work before normal voting hours. Although the communities have small populations, some major political candidates campaign in the area due to New Hampshire having the first presidential primary in the nation. George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Bob Dole, John McCain, and Dick Gephardt have all visited the towns. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Ohio Governor John Kasich was the only major party presidential candidate to visit all three towns with the rally held on January 16, 2016.
The communities have also voted for the write-in candidates of the 1960 Republican presidential and vice presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge II in 1964 and 1972. The voting tradition has been followed in Dixille Notch since the 1960 presidential election, in Hart’s location from 1948 to 1964 and since 1996, and in Millsfield since 2016. This was the last time that Neil Tillotson voted first in the Dixville Notch midnight vote before his death in 2001. In 2008, Senator John McCain won both towns in the Republican primary and in the Democratic primary for Vice President Bush.
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