Voting in a far northern small town Tuesday kicked off the New Hampshire 2008 presidential primary, the first of its kind in the nation.
Just after midnight, 17 registered voters from Dixville Notch, a small town of 74 residents near Canadian border, cast the first ballots for the presidential candidates in the polling station.
Less than 10 minutes after the voting finished, Barack Obama was announced to win seven of the total 10 votes for the Democratic camp, followed by John Edwards with two and Bill Richards with one. Hillary Rodham Clinton drew no vote.
Of the Republican side's seven votes, John McCain led Mitt Romney four to two, and Rudy Giuliani took the one left.
Dixville Notch was the first to begin direct votings in New Hampshire's primary. The town was granted by the state's law to open its polls after midnight as the number of its residents is below 100.
For most other voters in the state, primary will start around 6 a.m. EST (1100 GMT), and the final result is expected to be announced in the evening.
According to a CNN survey released on the eve of the New Hampshire primary, Obama retained his lead showed in Iowa caucuses at 39 percent, nine percentage points more than Clinton.
On the Republican side, McCain led Romney by 31 to 26, and Huckabee was in the third place with 13 percent, compared to 10 percent for Giuliani.
Source: Xinhua
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