https://amp.news.com.au/world/north-america/us-politics/us-election-2020-first-votes-announced-at-midnight-in-dixville-notch/news-story/5d5c919e1675477d5f16d625b6a1c07f

The first Election Day votes have been counted after the clocked ticked past midnight on the East Coast of the United States.

In the tiny township of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire on the US-Canada border, Les Otten was the first to cast his vote.

The polling tradition – a national spectacle – began in 1960 in the wood-panelled ballot room of The Balsams Resort.