Definition

Noun: 1. A specific, appointed day for holding elections: The designated date on which voters cast their ballots in an election. 2. A capitalized proper noun (Election Day): In the United States, the specific day established by law for holding federal elections, which is the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

Usage

• As a common noun: Refers to the voting day for any election in any country or jurisdiction.
  • The country's election day is always on a Sunday.
  • Polling stations are busy from morning until night on election day.
• As a proper noun (Election Day): Specifically refers to the U.S. federal election day.
  • In the United States, Election Day is a civic holiday in some states.
  • Millions of Americans vote by mail before Election Day arrives.

Advanced Usage

• "Election Day holiday": A movement or policy to make Election Day a national public holiday to increase voter turnout.
• "Election Day results": The outcome of the voting, typically reported after polls close.

Variants and Related Words

• Election: (n) The formal process of selecting a person for public office or accepting/rejecting a political proposition by voting.
• Polling day: (n) A synonym for election day, commonly used in British English and other Commonwealth countries.
• Early voting: (n) The process by which voters can cast their ballots on designated days the official election day.

Synonyms

• Polling day
• Voting day

Related Phrases

• "Get out the vote" (GOTV): A phrase describing efforts to increase voter turnout on or before election day.
  • Volunteers worked tirelessly on Election Day to get out the vote.
• "Eve of Election Day": The day immediately before the election.
  • Candidates made their final appeals on the eve of Election Day.

Noun

1. the day appointed for an election; in the United States it is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November