brian. we ll soon find out as we speak now. polls are currently opening right now, 8:00 o clock eastern time, in alabama, arizona, iowa, minnesota, mississippi, and oklahoma. later this hour, mitt romney will cast his vote live, i believe, in massachusetts. and you will see it happen. gretchen: very first votes of this election day already cast in new hampshire. they ve been tallied, too. polls in the tiny town of dixon notch opened at midnight. and the results couldn t be tighter that. town split right down the middle. five votes for president obama. five for mitt romney. that s the first tie they ve ever had. is that emblematic of what we ll see later on? steve: turn out is done because two of the biggest families moved. they just moved. let s move on to another new hampshire village known as hearts location. president obama won the early election there at midnight. he got 23 votes. mitt romney got 9. and libertarian gary johnson wound up with one vote.