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'''Election day''' or '''polling day''' is the day on which {{wp|general election}}s are held. The countries of the world hold elections on a number of different days; in most countries elections are consistently held on the same day of the week. The exact day used is dependent on local context, culture, politics and history. | '''Election day''' or '''polling day''' is the day on which {{wp|general election}}s are held. The countries of the world hold elections on a number of different days; in most countries elections are consistently held on the same day of the week. The exact day used is dependent on local context, culture, politics and history.<ref name="Compendium of Worldwide Elections and Democratic Norms">{{cite book| last1 = Hammond | first1 = Alison |author1-link = Election day (Kylaris)#List of election days | title = Compendium of Worldwide Elections and Democratic Norms | date = 2015}}</ref> | ||
The most common election days are Friday or the weekend days of Saturday and Sunday, though a significant minority of countries hold elections on other weekdays. These might be declared a {{wp|public holiday}} in an effort to increase voter turnout. In other cases, a weekday may be chosen in a purposeful effort to depress voter turnout in an {{wp|illiberal democracy|illiberal}} or [[Southern democracy]]. In geographically large countries it is common for elections to be held across multiple days; this is most prominently seen in the {{wp|Global South}}, and in the [[Euclean Community]], which holds elections according to the election days of | The most common election days are Friday or the weekend days of Saturday and Sunday, though a significant minority of countries hold elections on other weekdays.<ref name="Estmere polling day Friday">{{cite news |date=14 November 2020 | title=Why do we always vote on a Friday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[EBS|EBS News]] |access-date=}}</ref> These might be declared a {{wp|public holiday}} in an effort to increase voter turnout.<ref name="Compendium of Worldwide Elections and Democratic Norms"/> In other cases, a weekday may be chosen in a purposeful effort to depress voter turnout in an {{wp|illiberal democracy|illiberal}} or [[Southern democracy]].<ref name="The End of Politics">{{cite book| last1 = Kavagamu | first1 = Albert |author1-link = Southern democracy#Classification | title = The End of Politics | date = 1999}}</ref> In geographically large countries it is common for elections to be held across multiple days; this is most prominently seen in the {{wp|Global South}}, and in the [[Euclean Community]], which holds elections according to the election days of its member states across a week-long period.<ref name="Compendium of Worldwide Elections and Democratic Norms"/> In many countries, absentee ballots can be cast, such as through postal votes, on days other than election day.<ref name="postal votes!">{{cite journal| last1 = Devereux | first1 = Olivia |author1-link = Gaullica | title = The history of the absentee vote | journal = Journal of Political History | volume = | issue = 97 | pages = | date = 2009 | url= | access-date = }}</ref> | ||
The popularity of Friday and Saturday as an election day originated both from [[Amendism]], which forbode activities other than church-going on Sundays, and from {{wp|anti-clericalism}} in [[Solarian Catholic Church|Catholic]] | The popularity of Friday and Saturday as an election day originated both from [[Amendism]], which forbode activities other than church-going on Sundays, and from {{wp|anti-clericalism}} in [[Solarian Catholic Church|Catholic]] countries, which sought to place election day as far as possible away from {{wp|Sunday mass}} and the percieved influence of the clergy.<ref name="Estmere polling day Friday"/><ref name="the anti-clericalist roots of Werania's Friday elections">{{cite journal| last1 = Klein | first1 = Hans |author1-link = Werania | title = Anything but Sunday; the anti-clericalist roots of Werania's Friday elections | journal = Journal of Political History | volume = | issue = 99 | pages = | date = 2011 | url= | access-date = }}</ref> | ||
==List of election days== | ==List of election days== | ||
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|Monday | |Monday<ref name="Alsland polling day">{{cite news |date=17 July 2017 | title=Monday is when Alslanders vote, but why? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Alsland#Media|Nauta]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Saturday | |Saturday<ref name="Amathia polling day">{{cite news |date=19 September 2019 | title=The SEPR is the reason Amathia votes on Saturdays |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Wednesday | |Wednesday<ref name="AFR voting day">{{cite journal| last1 = Frére | first1 = Jaime |author1-link = Gaullica | last2 = Thorn | first2 = Thomas |author2-link = Estmere | title = Subtle methods of decreasing turnout in semi-free elections; lessons from the AFR | journal = Politics | volume = | issue = 103 | pages = | date = 2012 | url= | access-date = }}</ref> | ||
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|No set day<ref name="Aucuria polling day">{{cite news |date=1 May 2023 | title=Other counries have election days: Aucuria is unique with an election date - today |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Aucuria#Media|Stebėtojas]] |access-date=}}</ref> | |||
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|Sunday | |Sunday<ref name="Azmara polling day Sunday">{{cite news |date=13 October 2022 | title=Azmara votes on a Sunday - but why? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Azmara#Media|De Aalmsted Heraald]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Saturday | |Saturday<ref name="Borland/Saturday polling day">{{cite news |date=8 August 2018 | title=The strange history of Borland's Saturday elections - and how it influenced other nations |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Saturday | |Saturday<ref name="Borland/Saturday polling day"/> | ||
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|Sunday | |Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Friday | |Friday<ref name="Estmere polling day Friday"/> | ||
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|Sunday | |Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Friday | |Friday<ref name="Estmerish colonies polling day Friday">{{cite news |date=16 November 2020 | title=Do other countries vote on a Friday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[EBS|EBS News]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
|{{No}} | |||
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|Friday<ref name="Estmerish colonies polling day Friday"/> | |||
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|Friday | |Friday<ref name="Estmerish colonies polling day Friday"/> | ||
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|Sunday | |Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Several days | |Several days<ref name="Montecara elections">{{cite web | url = https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Senate_(Montecara) | title =Elections in the Montecaran Republic | date = | website = www.senat.go.mc/elections | publisher = | access-date = 21 October 2023 }}</ref> | ||
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|Friday | |Friday<ref name="Estmerish colonies polling day Friday"/> | ||
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|Sunday | |Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Sunday | |Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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| | |Friday<ref name="Estmerish colonies polling day Friday"/> | ||
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|Asteria | |||
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|Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref> | |||
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|Saturday | |Saturday<ref name="Borland/Saturday polling day"/> | ||
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|Monday | |Monday<ref name="Satucin voting day">{{cite journal| last1 = Bélanger | first1 = Gérald |author1-link = Satucin | last2 = Niel | first2 = Émilien |author2-link = Satucin | title = Monday, Tuesday, whose day? What's in an election day, and why voting on Monday matters in Satucin | journal = Elections | volume = | issue = 77 | pages = | date = 2017 | url= | access-date = }}</ref> | ||
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|Tuesday | |Tuesday<ref name="Scovern polling day?">{{cite news |date=16 June 2016 | title=A 19th century war is responsible for Scovern's odd Tuesday elections |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Monday | |Monday<ref name="Senria polling day Monday">{{cite news |date=12 December 2021 | title=Senria votes on the second Monday of December; but why? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Senria#Media and telecommunications|Mainiti Sinbun]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Several days | |Several days<ref name="Shangea elections">{{cite news |date=2 February 2020 | title=Shangea's elections, and how they (don't) work |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Coius|Coian Monitor]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Wednesday<ref>{{cite journal| last1 = Alaurentii | first1 = Clement |author1-link = Tengaria | title = History of Elections in Tengaria, Imperial to Today | journal = Tengarian History | volume = | issue = 69 | pages = | date = 2019 | url= | access-date = }}</ref> | |||
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|Friday | |Friday<ref name="the anti-clericalist roots of Werania's Friday elections"/> | ||
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|Sunday | |Sunday<ref name="Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?">{{cite news |date=30 June 2022 | title=Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[The Continental]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Several days | |Several days<ref name="Yemet elections">{{cite news |date=21 May 2022 | title=Will a true Yemeti election ever be held again? |url=https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Election_day_(Kylaris)#Election_days_by_country |work=[[Coius|Coian Monitor]] |access-date=}}</ref> | ||
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|Several days | |Several days<ref name="Eucloparl schedule">{{cite web | url = https://iiwiki.us/wiki/Euclean_Parliament#Proceedings | title =Schedule and recesses of the Euclean Parliament | date = | website = www.euclo.parl.ec/about/schedule | publisher = | access-date = 24 June 2023 }}</ref> | ||
| | |{{Maybe|Varies based on member state}} | ||
|Takes place across a week, with citizens voting on the election day of their member state. | |Takes place across a week, with citizens voting on the election day of their member state. | ||
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*[[Political ideology (Kylaris)|Political ideology]] | *[[Political ideology (Kylaris)|Political ideology]] | ||
*[[2023 electoral calendar (Kylaris)|2023 electoral calendar]] | *[[2023 electoral calendar (Kylaris)|2023 electoral calendar]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:12, 21 October 2023
Election day or polling day is the day on which general elections are held. The countries of the world hold elections on a number of different days; in most countries elections are consistently held on the same day of the week. The exact day used is dependent on local context, culture, politics and history.[1]
The most common election days are Friday or the weekend days of Saturday and Sunday, though a significant minority of countries hold elections on other weekdays.[2] These might be declared a public holiday in an effort to increase voter turnout.[1] In other cases, a weekday may be chosen in a purposeful effort to depress voter turnout in an illiberal or Southern democracy.[3] In geographically large countries it is common for elections to be held across multiple days; this is most prominently seen in the Global South, and in the Euclean Community, which holds elections according to the election days of its member states across a week-long period.[1] In many countries, absentee ballots can be cast, such as through postal votes, on days other than election day.[4]
The popularity of Friday and Saturday as an election day originated both from Amendism, which forbode activities other than church-going on Sundays, and from anti-clericalism in Catholic countries, which sought to place election day as far as possible away from Sunday mass and the percieved influence of the clergy.[2][5]
List of election days
Election days by country
Country | Continent | Election day | Public holiday | Notes | |
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Alsland | Euclea | Monday[6] | No | ||
Amathia | Euclea | Saturday[7] | N/A | ||
Asterian Federative Republic | Asteria | Wednesday[8] | No | ||
Aucuria | Asteria | No set day[9] | Yes | ||
Azmara | Euclea | Sunday[10] | N/A | ||
Borland | Euclea | Saturday[11] | N/A | ||
Carucere | Asteria | Saturday[11] | N/A | ||
Dezevau | Coius | Sunday[12] | N/A | ||
Template:Country data Estmere | Euclea | Friday[2] | Yes | ||
Gaullica | Euclea | Sunday[12] | N/A | ||
Hennehouwe | Euclea | Friday[13] | No | ||
Île d'Émeraude | Asteria | Friday[13] | Yes | ||
File:ImaguaFlag.png Imagua and the Assimas | Asteria | Friday[13] | No | ||
Kesselbourg | Euclea | Sunday[12] | N/A | ||
Montecara | Euclea | Several days[14] | No | ||
North Kabu | Coius | Friday[13] | No | ||
Piraea | Euclea | Sunday[12] | N/A | ||
Rizealand | Asteria | Sunday[12] | N/A | ||
File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru | Coius | Friday[13] | No | ||
Sainte-Chloé | Asteria | Sunday[12] | N/A | ||
Satavia | Asteria | Saturday[11] | N/A | ||
Satucin | Asteria | Monday[15] | No | ||
Scovern | Euclea | Tuesday[16] | No | ||
Senria | Coius | Monday[17] | No | ||
Shangea | Coius | Several days[18] | No | ||
Tengaria | Euclea | Wednesday[19] | No | ||
Werania | Euclea | Friday[5] | No | ||
West Miersa | Euclea | Sunday[12] | N/A | ||
Yemet | Coius | Several days[20] | No |
Other election days
Region | Continent | Election day | Public holiday | Notes | |
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Euclean Community | Euclea | Several days[21] | Varies based on member state | Takes place across a week, with citizens voting on the election day of their member state. |
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hammond, Alison (2015). Compendium of Worldwide Elections and Democratic Norms.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Why do we always vote on a Friday?". EBS News. 14 November 2020.
- ↑ Kavagamu, Albert (1999). The End of Politics.
- ↑ Devereux, Olivia (2009). "The history of the absentee vote". Journal of Political History (97).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Klein, Hans (2011). "Anything but Sunday; the anti-clericalist roots of Werania's Friday elections". Journal of Political History (99).
- ↑ "Monday is when Alslanders vote, but why?". Nauta. 17 July 2017.
- ↑ "The SEPR is the reason Amathia votes on Saturdays". The Continental. 19 September 2019.
- ↑ Frére, Jaime; Thorn, Thomas (2012). "Subtle methods of decreasing turnout in semi-free elections; lessons from the AFR". Politics (103).
- ↑ "Other counries have election days: Aucuria is unique with an election date - today". Stebėtojas. 1 May 2023.
- ↑ "Azmara votes on a Sunday - but why?". De Aalmsted Heraald. 13 October 2022.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "The strange history of Borland's Saturday elections - and how it influenced other nations". The Continental. 8 August 2018.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 "Why do so many countries vote on a Sunday?". The Continental. 30 June 2022.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 "Do other countries vote on a Friday?". EBS News. 16 November 2020.
- ↑ "Elections in the Montecaran Republic". www.senat.go.mc/elections. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ↑ Bélanger, Gérald; Niel, Émilien (2017). "Monday, Tuesday, whose day? What's in an election day, and why voting on Monday matters in Satucin". Elections (77).
- ↑ "A 19th century war is responsible for Scovern's odd Tuesday elections". The Continental. 16 June 2016.
- ↑ "Senria votes on the second Monday of December; but why?". Mainiti Sinbun. 12 December 2021.
- ↑ "Shangea's elections, and how they (don't) work". Coian Monitor. 2 February 2020.
- ↑ Alaurentii, Clement (2019). "History of Elections in Tengaria, Imperial to Today". Tengarian History (69).
- ↑ "Will a true Yemeti election ever be held again?". Coian Monitor. 21 May 2022.
- ↑ "Schedule and recesses of the Euclean Parliament". www.euclo.parl.ec/about/schedule. Retrieved 24 June 2023.