The first votes of the 2020 presidential nomination process were cast last week in Iowa, but after a calamitous week of vote counting marred by an errant computer app, the results are still in doubt.
On Tuesday, the Democrats are hoping for a second shot at building the excitement of a presidential primary season.
The New Hampshire primary will be held Tuesday with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, leading all candidates with 29 percent support in the Granite State as of Monday, according to the latest CNN/University of New Hampshire tracking poll of probable Democratic primary voters.
According to the poll, which was conducted Feb. 6 to Feb. 9, only about half of likely New Hampshire primary voters say they have definitely decided on whom they will support.
Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg is in second place with 22% support, former Vice President Joe Biden has 11%, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts, has 10% and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota, has 7%.
Some things to know about the New Hampshire primary:
- Polls close at 7 p.m. in most places, at 8 p.m. in some places in the state. Results are expected soon after polls close.
- In New Hampshire, citizens can only vote in the party primary for the party in which they are registered. Those who are undeclared (or Independent) voters may vote in either race.
- Those who live in New Hampshire, who will be 18 years of age or older on primary day, may vote in the primary.
- The state awards 33 delegates, of which 24 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.
- The first votes will take place in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire. The town begins voting at midnight, some six to eight hours before polls open across the state.
- Sanders and Buttigieg have officially requested an Iowa recanvass or checking of worksheets from certain challenged precincts.