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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That means ballots mailed close to the March 17 deadline could potentially not be postmarked by Election Day and therefore deemed invalid.
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Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
On the June 16 primary Election Day, district voters will choose between the more moderate McDuffie or the more leftist Lewis George when deciding their post-Bowser era path forward.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2026
In 2014, Orbán's government messaged Hungarian voters living in the United Kingdom to go to one polling place and then switched to a different location on Election Day.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
Some of the county’s inventory of about 1,000 would still be used for early and Election Day voting by people with disabilities.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
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Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
On the June 16 primary Election Day, district voters will choose between the more moderate McDuffie or the more leftist Lewis George when deciding their post-Bowser era path forward.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 18 Feb. 2026
In 2014, Orbán's government messaged Hungarian voters living in the United Kingdom to go to one polling place and then switched to a different location on Election Day.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 16 Feb. 2026
Some of the county’s inventory of about 1,000 would still be used for early and Election Day voting by people with disabilities.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
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“Election Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Election%20Day. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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