Election Day

noun

: a day legally established for the election of public officials

especially : the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in an even year designated for national elections in the U.S. and observed as a legal holiday in many states

Examples of Election Day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The cuts to career election specialists and their divisions have eliminated information channels that spotlighted threats as voting took place, including Election Day command posts run by the Justice Department and FBI. —Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2026

But polls leading up to Election Day showed Orbán’s party trailing behind the opposition party, which Bergmann attributed at least in part to voters’ growing frustration and concerns regarding corruption in Hungary. —Chantelle Lee, Time, 12 Apr. 2026

Spanberger also signed a bill to redistrict the state, with Election Day for this referendum set for April 21. —Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2026

On Election Day last April, 674,730 absentee ballot had been returned – nearly double this year's numbers. —Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 8 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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