US prez election voting begins, 1st ballots cast in New Hampshire (Ld)

Washington, Nov 3 : Voting for the US presidential election kicked off on Tuesday with first ballots cast in Dixville Notch and Millsfield, two small towns in the state of New Hampshire.
Voters are choosing their preferred candidates for President and New Hampshire Governor, as well as federal and state legislative seats in the midnight voting, a tradition that began in Dixville Notch in 1960, reports Xinhua news agency.
In the makeshift “Ballot Room” at Dixville Notch’s Balsams Resort, Les Otten, one of the only five local registered voters, cast the first ballot.
Otten, identifying himself as “a lifelong Republican”, said that voted for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden instead of President Donald Trump.
“I don’t agree with him on a lot of issues,” Otten said of Biden in a video posted on Twitter before the voting.
“But I believe it’s time to find what unites us as opposed to what divides us,” he added.