How to Use Election Day in a Sentence

Election Day

noun
  • Now, voters in most counties receive a ballot about a month before Election Day.
    Nicole Nixon, Sacramento Bee, 20 May 2024
  • Election season is in full swing with just over three months (92 days, but who’s counting?) until Election Day.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Someone wishing to vote on Election Day must register by noon on Aug. 12.
    Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2024
  • So, voting on Election Day was in a steady decline before, but then saw a massive drop in 2020.
    Hope Karnopp, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
  • Trump is seeking to delay the latter three trials to beyond Election Day on Nov. 5.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
  • One week of early voting will begin Oct. 24, and Election Day is Nov. 5.
    Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2024
  • That risks half-finished ballots cast by fatigued voters, mistakes by poll workers and longer lines at voting locations on Election Day.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Neither had much interest in politics beyond insuring that voting went smoothly on Election Day.
    Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
  • Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday.
    Sarah Ewall-Wice, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Biden isn’t the first incumbent to face grim polling a year out from Election Day.
    Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The time to vote is now — by mail, early (starting Aug. 10) or on Election Day, Aug. 20.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024
  • The wild card is Election Day, which, depending on the year, can stir up a wide range of emotions.
    Brian Manzullo, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2023
  • But there are still 118 more days until Election Day on Nov. 5.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
  • So the search for a new host is back on, and Stewart is back on — for Monday nights through Election Day, at least.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
  • If the court rules against Trump in June, the timeline is very tight to get the trial started before Election Day.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In both cases, the recounts ended with no changes to the Election Day results.
    Doug Thompson, arkansasonline.com, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Voting precincts will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time on Election Day, May 16.
    Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2023
  • On Election Day, one person’s vote counts just as much as anyone else’s.
    George Hawley, National Review, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Here's where the Senate map stands nine months from Election Day and a look at the earliest fundraising numbers for the year.
    Grace Kazarian, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The only question before Election Day is: just how many seats will Labour win?
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 29 June 2024
  • The deadline to register to vote was 14 days before Election Day.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Between the lines: Biden's theory of the case had been that young voters, who were flirting with Trump, would come home on Election Day.
    Hans Nichols, Axios, 24 July 2024
  • But there is time for several more news cycles to come and go before Election Day.
    Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The lengthy appeals process would be unlikely to wrap up before Election Day.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 21 May 2024
  • Whether Arizona’s ban stands after Election Day remains to be seen.
    Albinson Linares, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
  • This is the first of seven—count ’em, seven—trials Donald Trump is scheduled to face between now and Election Day.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Bilingual workers will get an extra $5 for each day at a vote center, and $10 extra on Election Day.
    The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The new mayor elected will take office 24 days after Election Day.
    Hannah Prince, ABC News, 27 July 2023
  • The resolution, if passed by the House, would appear on the ballot and be decided by voters on Election Day.
    The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Voters can mail their ballots back or drop them off at an official dropbox as late as Election Day.
    Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2023

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