The seven voters in the village of Dixevil Notch, in the northeastern United States, cast their ballots (Tuesday), symbolically launching the US presidential election.
Clay Smith put the first ballot into the box, in the village in the Appalachian Mountains.
He was followed by four other male and female voters in the village located in New Hampshire near the Canadian border, in a tradition followed since 1960, and led to the granting of this town the status of "first in the country" (First in the Nation). Moments after the seven voters cast their votes, the center's director announced that the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton won with four votes, her Republican opponent Donald Trump with two votes, and the independent candidate Gary Johnson with one vote.
a proxy vote was annulled; Because it includes the name of Mitt Romney, the Republican candidate who was defeated by Barack Obama in 2012, written by hand. On her first ballot in the nighttime vote in Dixville Notch, Nancy DePalma said she had chosen Clinton. "She's a strong person with experience who will lead our country in the right direction," said the hotel employee, who has supported Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
"Everyone should vote and make their voice heard," she added.
"A populist movement is spreading all over the world," said Peter Johnson, who has been voting in the village since 1982. "Whatever the outcome of the ballot, Trump was good for the country," he added.
Two other villages in this state also voted.
About 225 million voters were invited to choose one of the candidates, Democrat Clinton or Republican Trump, as president to succeed Barack Obama.
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