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
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The high court is, however, set to decide later in its term whether federal law prohibits states from counting mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day in a case involving Mississippi's voting procedures.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
The 7-2 decision handed a victory to Republicans in Illinois who are contesting a state policy of counting timely cast but late-arriving mail ballots up to two weeks after Election Day.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2026
Billionaires could move later in the year – even after Election Day – in the expectation that the courts would revise the residency requirement.
—Jared Walczak, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Republicans had convinced a lower court that the Mississippi statute goes against federal law setting the first Tuesday in November as Election Day, and the justices are being asked to overturn that ruling.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
The 7-2 decision handed a victory to Republicans in Illinois who are contesting a state policy of counting timely cast but late-arriving mail ballots up to two weeks after Election Day.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2026
Billionaires could move later in the year – even after Election Day – in the expectation that the courts would revise the residency requirement.
—Jared Walczak, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
Republicans had convinced a lower court that the Mississippi statute goes against federal law setting the first Tuesday in November as Election Day, and the justices are being asked to overturn that ruling.
—Julia Mueller, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2026
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