The first votes in the 2008 Presidential Election were counted just after midnight in Dixville Notch, NH with Barack Obama getting 15 votes and John McCain 6 votes.

Now, after all the votes are counted and the electoral college votes are allocated, the 44th President of the United States of America is Barack Obama and Vice President of course is Joe Biden.

It was projected Barack Obama would be President-elect as soon as the polls closed on the west coast. Fittingly, Hawaii where his Grandmother passed away just the other day was one of the states that put him over the top.

Watch video of the Breaking News announcement of the projection of President-Elect Barack Obama:

270 electoral college votes were needed and Barack Obama won 364 electoral college votes, while John McCain won 163 electoral college votes. (to be updated as 1 state still not decided – Missouri – 11 electoral votes)

Here’s a map of the states and how they voted (Blue=Obama won and Red=McCain won):

Here is the list of States and Electoral College Votes with the winner of each state for the 2008 Presidential Election (to be updated):

Alabama – 9 – John McCain
Alaska – 3 – John McCain
Arizona – 10 – John McCain
Arkansas – 6 – John McCain
California – 55 – Barack Obama
Colorado – 9 – Barack Obama
Connecticut – 7 – Barack Obama
Delaware – 3 – Barack Obama
District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) – 3 – Barack Obama
Florida – 27 – Barack Obama
Georgia – 15 – John McCain
Hawaii – 4 – Barack Obama
Idaho – 4 – John McCain
Illinois – 21 – Barack Obama
Indiana – 11 – Barack Obama
Iowa – 7 – Barack Obama
Kansas – 6 – John McCain
Kentucky – 8 – John McCain
Louisiana – 9 – John McCain
Maine 4 – Barack Obama
Maryland – 10 – Barack Obama
Massachusetts – 12 – Barack Obama
Michigan – 17 – Barack Obama
Minnesota – 10 – Barack Obama
Mississippi – 6 – John McCain
Missouri – 11 – (McCain leading)
Montana – 3 – John McCain
Nebraska – 5 – John McCain
Nevada – 5 – Barack Obama
New Hampshire – 4 – Barack Obama
New Jersey – 15 – Barack Obama
New Mexico – 5 – Barack Obama
New York – 31 – Barack Obama
North Carolina – 15 – Barack Obama
North Dakota – 3 – John McCain
Ohio – 20 – Barack Obama
Oklahoma – 7 – John McCain
Oregon – 7 – Barack Obama
Pennsylvania – 21 – Barack Obama
Rhode Island – 4 – Barack Obama
South Carolina – 8 – John McCain
South Dakota – 3 – John McCain
Tennessee – 11 – John McCain
Texas – 34 – John McCain
Utah – 5 – John McCain
Vermont – 3 – Barack Obama
Virginia – 13 – Barack Obama
Washington – 11 – Barack Obama
West Virginia – 5 – John McCain
Wisconsin – 10 – Barack Obama
Wyoming – 3 – John McCain

2008 Presidential Election Popular Vote (to be updated – 99% reporting):
Barack Obama – 65,340,608 – 53%
John McCain – 57,358,053 – 46%

Watch video of Barack Obama’s Presidential Election victory speech:
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Part 2:

John McCain congratulated Barack Obama in his concession speech in Arizona with his wife Cindy and running mate Sarah Palin with her husband Todd on stage.

The Presidential inauguration will take place on January 20, 2009 when Barack Obama and Joe Biden are sworn in as President and Vice President.

The first votes that were recorded for this 2008 Presidential Election came just after midnight when the 21 registered voters of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire cast their votes and they were quickly counted to be released to the public as Dixville Notch has traditionally been known as “First in the Nation”.

The votes went Barack Obama 15 and John McCain 6

Watch the video of David Shuster of MSNBC Hardball’s coverage of voting in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire:

For a little history on Dixville Notch being “First in the Nation” here’s a quote from The Balsams Resort:

“In 1952, New Hampshire first provided its residents with the opportunity to vote in Presidential primaries. In these early elections, many small towns around the state competed to get their votes in first. But ever since Dixville Notch was granted the privilege of being a voting community in 1960, it has continuously maintained the honor of being First in the Nation to report its results of the Presidential election.

In order to maintain this honorary status, every single registered voter in Dixville Notch must turn out and vote. Just before midnight the day before the election, these voters come to The BALSAMS and take a headcount to ensure everyone is present. When the polls officially open at the strike of midnight, each voter heads to a booth in the Ballot Room and casts his or her vote. The entire process takes about a minute.”

It’s interesting to note that Dixville Notch has traditionally been a win for Republicans since 1960, so is this an early sign of what’s to come tonight when the polls across The United States of America close?

We’ll have to wait and see!

We are about 24 hours away from the first polls closing in the 2008 Presidential Election and many will be glued to their televisions to see if Barack Obama or John McCain become President of the United States, but will we know if the results are manipulated by vote fraud?

In the 2000 election, the problems in Florida have many believing Bush stole the election. Then in 2004, it was Ohio that have those same people believing he stole it again.

In 2008, it is still technically possible to steal an election considering there are still electronic voting machines being used and many without a paper trail. In fact, Cyber Security expert Stephen Spoonamore, who is a republican, believes John McCain will win the election by stealing the vote through hacking the electronic voting machines.

We know it is possible to hack the electronic voting machines, and there were those that wanted to and most likely did, as Computer Programmer Clinton Curtis testified in 2004 (see video below) that Tom Feeney (Speaker of the House of Florida at the time) hired him to create vote-rigging software.

Watch the Video of Clinton Curtis testifying about vote-rigging software:

There is a lot more evidence of election fraud and I suspect we’ll continue to see it in the future unless the American people put a stop to it. Unfortunately, if Republicans win, Republicans don’t care or they ignore the election or voter fraud. The same can be said with Democrats if Democrats win.

I have a feeling one side won’t care if there is election fraud on November 4th, 2008.

Michael Moore appears on MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbmermann to talk about getting out the vote for the 2008 election and how Barack Obama supporters shouldn’t take anything for granted.

Watch the Video:

Barack Obama was interviewed by Rachel Maddow of MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show which aired on Oct.30, 2008

Watch the Video:
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