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Today I learnt that in New Hampshire, there's a law that says if your town has less than 100 registered voters you can close the (presidential primary) polls once you know everyone's voted.

Several places (Dixville North, Hart's Location, Millsfield) have several dozen registered voters each, so everyone shows up at the polling location at midnight, casts their vote, and then results are announced sometimes a couple of minutes after midnight.

all registered voters in Dixville Notch gather and are counted before the balloting takes place. The "Ballot Room" of the Balsams Hotel resort serves as the polling place; this room features separate voting booths for each citizen. The town residents also vote each cycle at a town meeting whether or not they will continue the tradition.

The tradition was first organized by prominent Dixville Notch resident Neil Tillotson (1898 – 17 October 2001), who was traditionally the first voter; he would reportedly hold his ballot over the ballot box while watching his wristwatch. At the moment of midnight, Tillotson would drop the ballot into the ballot box and the rest of the town's residents would follow suit.

Since Tillotson's death from pneumonia in 2001 at the age of 102, the first voter has been chosen by random ballot beforehand.

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