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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Last one for you: was this a fun way to spend Election Day?
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
Workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off Interstate 71 on Election Day near Chenoweth, Ohio, on November 7, 2023.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Surprising Fact In the 2024 election, voters were roughly equally likely to have voted in person on Election Day (34%), early in person (32%) or by mail (34%), according to Pew.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Similarly, there has been little change in mortgage rates over the same period: During the week of Election Day, the 30-year mortgage rate stood at 6.8%.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
Workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off Interstate 71 on Election Day near Chenoweth, Ohio, on November 7, 2023.
—Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
Surprising Fact In the 2024 election, voters were roughly equally likely to have voted in person on Election Day (34%), early in person (32%) or by mail (34%), according to Pew.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Similarly, there has been little change in mortgage rates over the same period: During the week of Election Day, the 30-year mortgage rate stood at 6.8%.
—Rob Wile, NBC news, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Election Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Election%20Day. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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