MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The polls are open in some New Hampshire communities — and the voters are lining up.
Over 100 people were waiting outside a Manchester polling place when it opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday.
An estimated 722,000, or 70 percent of New Hampshire’s voting age population is expected to cast ballots. More than 808,000 people are registered. Voters also can register at the polls.
For the first time, voters must show photo identification or sign an affidavit to vote.
Dixville Notch and Hart’s Location opened their polls at midnight for their 46 voters. President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney each had 5 votes in Dixville Notch. In Hart’s Location, Obama had won with 23 votes, Romney received 9 and Libertarian Gary Johnson received 1 vote.
