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- The first results for the 2020 presidential election have started coming in from towns where a decades-old tradition allows voters to cast their ballots minutes after midnight on Election Day.
- Voters in Dixville Notch, a small New Hampshire town at the US-Canada border, were tallied soon after being cast. Local authorities have already announced the winner between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
- The 2020 presidential election is the most important of its kind considering the current health climate, with nearly 100 million people having voted before November 3rd, including more than 62 million mail-in ballots. The pandemic is expected to delay the final results compared to regular presidential elections.
This year’s presidential election is quite possibly the most important of its kind, given the current context. The novel coronavirus is raging in the US, with states reporting a record number of cases, as well as a significant death toll. American voters haven’t had to cast their ballots during a pandemic of massive proportions since the Spanish flu in 1918, but those were mid-term elections. COVID-19 will play a major role in the contest between President Donal Trump and Joe Biden. The pandemic response was one of the main themes of the two campaigns and will influence both the turnout, the voting, and the actual vote tabulation.
More than 97 million Americans have voted ahead of November 3rd, as of Monday, with more than 62 million people mailing-in their ballots to avoid risking exposure to the virus. Community transmission is still high in many states, and while precautions are taken to ensure voters' safety, the risk of COVID-19 transmission remains. The figure represents more than two-thirds of the 2016 election turnout and signals that the final results will take some time to be revealed. President Trump has made a point of his campaign to demand a result on election night, suggesting he expects the numbers to shift as mail-in ballots are counted and signaling that he might contest the results.
As voting locations open across the country, one town has already voted, counted the ballots, and reported the winner.
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