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
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As long as a mail ballot is postmarked by Election Day, state law allows county elections officials to count those that arrive within the following seven days.
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Currently, 18 states and Puerto Rico accept mail-in ballots after Election Day as long as they are postmarked before that date, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Mail-in ballots often arrive after Election Day, and officials in many states will accept ballots if they are postmarked by Election Day.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Of the 15 other states and the District of Columbia that allow late-arriving mail votes to count, many have longer grace periods than Kansas, including Washington State, which counts ballots arriving up to three weeks after Election Day.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025
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Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Currently, 18 states and Puerto Rico accept mail-in ballots after Election Day as long as they are postmarked before that date, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025
Mail-in ballots often arrive after Election Day, and officials in many states will accept ballots if they are postmarked by Election Day.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
Of the 15 other states and the District of Columbia that allow late-arriving mail votes to count, many have longer grace periods than Kansas, including Washington State, which counts ballots arriving up to three weeks after Election Day.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Election Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Election%20Day. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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