DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H : The voters of this small hamlet, all 9 of them, have spoken. terribly briefly.The polls opened here at the hours of darkness and closed less than a second later, and the tally was final by 12:05 a.m. On the Republican facet, Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman tied, with 2 votes every. Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul every got one vote. President Obama received his terribly initial live votes of confidence 3 of them.
In Hart’s Location, another village that traditionally votes minutes when Dixville Notch, Romney was a clear winner. There, the previous Massachusetts governor took five votes to four votes for Paul. Huntsman took 2 votes, Texas Gov. Rick Perry took one and Gingrich took one.
New Hampshire election law permits unincorporated cities of fewer than one hundred residents to open for polling at the hours of darkness, and Dixville Notch has done thus since 1960, at The Balsams Grand Resort Hotel high in the North Country, regarding 20 miles south of the Canadian border. there have been 9 votes forged that year, too, all for Richard Nixon.
A crowd of regarding 200 media representatives chronicled the whole 2-minute affair.
Tanner Tillotson, who is twenty three and a grandson of the previous owner of The Balsams, obligingly offered his comments to a bank of TV cameras: “We’ve seen a tie in the Republican primary between Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, and i suppose the voters ought to take that as a symbol that they must vote for whom they need, instead of who may win. Dixville continually has played this small however necessary role in the process.”
He voted for Obama.
While the results are expected to be certified by New Hampshire’s secretary of state, the full affair was, with all due respect to a hospitable citizenry, a trifle of a fraud. None of the voters really live in Dixville Notch.
The grand previous resort closed in October for renovations, and the new owners gave the over three hundred staff a severance package. Tillotson and his parents, Thomas and Debra, do own a home on the property however spend a lot of of their time in Boston. The differents have moved away to seek out work in other places. The state allows residents to retain their most up-to-date place of registration, and therefore the durable loyal 9 all trooped here to do their duty.
A local caterer set out vast trays of deviled eggs and chicken and ham salad sandwiches, and Ray Gorman, who worked at the resort for 33 years and now's hoping to draw unemployment, volunteered to return back and ensure there would be oil in the heating system to keep everyone comfortable in the large ballroom. He invited the protesters standing outside on ice in the 15-degree weather to return in and find warm.
John Kennedy, who was the recreation and activity director for The Balsams for 19 years and met his wife here, fished the bunting out of a closet in the laundry room.The voter to forged a ballot initial, selected from names on slips of paper during a bowl, was Jacques Couture, who worked in maintenance at The Balsams.When his name was announced, Couture looked startled as the flashes popped in his face and the reporters shouted questions.
“Jacques, Jacques, does one consider it an honor?”
“Is it scary?”
“Jacques, why does one consider it an honor?”
“Is that Couture like fashion?”
“Yes,” Couture replied. “It is an honor.”
