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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A day set by law for the election of public officials.

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  • proper noun The day on which general elections are held in the United States; the Tuesday following the first Monday in November.

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

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Examples

  • Internal campaign e-mails exchanged three weeks before Election Day offer a rare look at just how frustrated then Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin had ...

    Shannyn Moore: Sarah Palin Resigning as Alaska's Governor (VIDEO) 2009

  • Internal campaign e-mails exchanged three weeks before Election Day offer a rare look at just how frustrated then Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin had ...

    William Bradley: The GOP's Palin Food Fight: Why Now? 2009

  • Internal campaign e-mails exchanged three weeks before Election Day offer a rare look at just how frustrated then Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin had ...

    Dylan Loewe: The End of Palin 2009

  • "A lot of people will be home today!" beamed Amy Goodman, who will walk half the state before Election Day trying to drum up votes for Kerry.

    The Secret Money War 2008

  • CMEV will issue a full report on both the campaign and Election Day once all field reports from its monitors have been compiled.

    Kottu 2010

  • Internal campaign e-mails exchanged three weeks before Election Day offer a rare look at just how frustrated then Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin had ...

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com 2009

  • Internal campaign e-mails exchanged three weeks before Election Day offer a rare look at just how frustrated then Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin had become with the manner in which top McCain campaign aides were handling her candidacy.

    HYSTERICAL RAISINS 2009

  • Internal campaign e-mails exchanged three weeks before Election Day offer a rare look at just how frustrated then Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin had become with the manner in which top McCain campaign aides were handling her candidacy.

    Orcinus 2009

  • Barack Obama's Election Day victory has provoked some curious comments from some corners of Mother Europe:

    Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll 2008

  • We are less than 33 days from Election Day and I'm cautiously optimistic that I will see a historic event take place on November 4.

    TransGriot 2008

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