Election Day

noun

1. (in the U.S.) the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November on which national elections are held for electors of the president and vice president in those years evenly divisible by four. On even years constituents elect members of the House of Representatives for two-year terms and one third of the Senate for six-year terms.

2. (often lowercase),  any day designated for the election of public officials.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Election Day¹

First recorded in 1640–50

Example Sentences

He wants all voting to take place on Election Day and all ballots to be paper ballots.

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After the war, absentee ballots became increasingly common, as voters could not always be home on Election Day.

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Add to this list truck drivers, airline personnel, train crews, and many who work in the corporate world, who regularly travel and may not be home on Election Day.

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And if all these people are allowed to vote absentee, why not an airline pilot, an Amtrak worker, or anyone else away from home on Election Day?

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During the first two years of the Biden administration, Democrats could have seized the upper hand in the fight for democracy by passing the For the People Act, which would have created new protections for voting rights, outlawed partisan gerrymandering, and made Election Day a federal holiday.

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