In 2010, the United States Census reported the population of Dixville Notch, an unincorporated community less than 50 miles south from the Canadian border, as just 12 people. Yet these 12 people make up one of the most trivial phenomenons in the United States: They’re the first citizens to vote in the U.S. Presidential Election. How? Well, the answer is simple. The residents of the town merely meet together in the ballroom of the grand Balsams Hotel (also in Dixville) on the eve of the election. Once the clock strikes…
