Election Day

English

Alternative forms

• election day

Noun

Election Day (plural Election Days)

1. (politics) The day on which a general election is designated to be held.
2. (US politics, specifically) The day on which general elections are held in the United States, usually the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.
   • 2020 November 3, Stephanie Saul, Danny Hakim, “As Counting Begins, a Flood of Mail Ballots Complicates Vote Tallies”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Voters returned nearly 64 million mail-in ballots before Election Day, a pandemic-driven record that is certain to make for a more complicated vote count this year but could also reshape American elections for years to come.

3. (Philippine politics, specifically) The day on which general elections are held in the Philippines, usually on the second Monday of May.

Synonyms

• polling day

Translations

Election Day — see polling day

References

• “Election Day”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.