Democrats in New Zealand first to vote in Super Tuesday

Carol Jeffery, from Swanzey, N.H., casts her ballot for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the Swanzey, N.H. polling station during the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. (Kristopher Radder / The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Democratic Party supporters living in New Zealand's capital Wellington turned up at a local bar to become the first in the world to cast Super Tuesday votes in the U.S. presidential primary.

The vagaries of the international dateline meant that U.S. citizens living in Wellington got to vote almost a day ahead of many back home when they cast ballots just after midnight Tuesday local time. Wellington was the first of 111 cities in 41 countries outside the U.S. to cast ballots.

At the Public Bar and Eatery, voters cast 28 ballots. Senator Bernie Sanders picked up 21 votes while former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton picked up six. One ballot was spoiled.

The results remain unofficial until confirmed later this month at the global voter tally centre in Germany.