polling day

noun

British
: a day on which elections for public office are held

Examples of polling day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Moreover, cellphone and mobile Internet services were shut down—ostensibly for security reasons—on polling day, depriving voters of information and the ability to coordinate. Sarah Khan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Mar. 2024 Other officials have directly cited the Gaza war to rally voters ahead of the polling day. Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024 Candidates could declare victory or concede defeat on polling day. Winda Charmila, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2024 The party also urged people with WiFi to remove password protection on their personal network so that others in the vicinity could access the internet on polling day. TIME, 8 Feb. 2024 On polling day, between nine percent and 30 percent of polling stations (depending on the observation missions) opened hours late, and many registered voters did not find their names on the registry. Mvemba Phezo Dizolele, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2024 Russia’s economy is more endangered than the growth statistics indicate, and the upcoming election may provoke further fateful decisions that could exacerbate long-term challenges, if Putin decides to buy voters’ loyalty by splashing even more cash before polling day. Alexandra Prokopenko, Foreign Affairs, 8 Jan. 2024 And if the recent Dutch election is any indication, when polling day comes around, many voters are indeed dubious about establishment parties that have recently adopted an overtly anti-immigrant stance. Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023 What ends up happening on polling day and in the weeks after will have far-reaching implications in Southeast Asia, where the United States and China have been jockeying for influence. Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 12 May 2023

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“Polling day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polling%20day. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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