CONCORD, NH – New Hampshire’s four electoral votes have officially been cast for Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.

The state’s four electors gathered Tuesday during a ceremony at the State House and cast their ballots to reflect the popular vote in the Granite State, where Harris and Walz received 50.9 percent of the popular vote.

Nationally, President-elect Donald J. Trump and his running mate from Ohio, Sen. JD Vance, won the popular vote, receiving 1.5 points more than Harris and Walz, according to the Associated Press. Trump won 312 electoral votes while Harris received 226, including the four from New Hampshire.

“This is the formal vote for president and vice president of the United States,” said New Hampshire Secretary of State David M. Scanlan, noting that every state across the country will go through the same process.

“I always say we do it a little different and a lot better than anyone else,” said Republican Gov. Chris T. Sununu, who chaired the event, praising New Hampshire’s elections and the democratic process.

“We have winners. We have losers. But at the end of the day, the process remains,” he said.

Scanlan said New Hampshire’s four electoral votes are based on the size of the state’s congressional delegation, which consists of two senators and two House representatives. Voters were elected by the state party at the state Democratic Party convention and are required to vote for their party’s candidate.

The group included Eva Castillo-Turgeon, an immigration rights attorney from Manchester, as well as current and former state representatives Latha Mangipudi of Nashua, Jacquelyne Weatherspoon of Exeter and Gerri Cannon of Somersworth.

After taking the oath of office, voters delivered brief remarks reflecting on the diverse perspectives they brought to office.

Cannon spoke about her experiences as one of the first transgender women elected to state office and how she realized as a teenager that she was different from her peers.

“I thought this would be the highlight of my career, but today I stand alongside three other leaders of their respective communities,” she said. “It is my honor and privilege to represent the voters of New Hampshire and especially my LGBTQ brothers and sisters.”

Mangipudi said she was honored and honored to be a voter. “Who would have thought 40 years ago when I came to this country that I would be here representing New Hampshire as the first Indian American elected to office, a woman, brown and a first-generation immigrant,” she said.

After voting, voters signed and sealed a ballot certificate that is given to state and federal officials.

“So many autographs, I feel like a movie star,” Castillo-Turgeon joked.

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