As has been tradition for 5 decades, at midnight, Dixville Notch, New Hampshire cast the first official votes of the 2012 election.
There were 9 people voting, 6 in the Republican primary 3 in the Democrat primary.
The results for the Republican candidates were:
Mitt Romney 2 votes,
Jon Huntsman 2 votes,
Newt Gingrich 1 vote,
Ron Paul 1 vote.
For the Democrat side, Barack Obama took all 3 votes.