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 Your guide to voting More than 1 million votes cast ahead of Election Day Just over one million Michigan ballots had already been cast in the primary ahead of Tuesday, according to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. —

Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 6 Aug. 2024 Collectively, that's at least $210 million in the eight months between the end of the Republican primary and Election Day, according to past spending and future bookings. —

Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024 One week of early voting will begin Oct. 24, and Election Day is Nov. 5. —

Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024 Pennsylvania, too, is a jump ball, which is why Harris and Walz are expected to debut as the ticket there on Tuesday before jetting off to other battlegrounds to start the march toward the convention in Chicago in less than two weeks and Election Day in fewer than 100 days. —

Philip Elliott, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Election Day

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