Election day (Kylaris)

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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
 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
 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hammond, Alison (2015). Compendium of Worldwide Elections and Democratic Norms.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Why do we always vote on a Friday?". EBS News. 14 November 2020.
  3. ↑ Kavagamu, Albert (1999). The End of Politics.
  4. ↑ Devereux, Olivia (2009). "The history of the absentee vote". Journal of Political History (97).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Klein, Hans (2011). "Anything but Sunday; the anti-clericalist roots of Werania's Friday elections". Journal of Political History (99).
  6. ↑ "Monday is when Alslanders vote, but why?". Nauta. 17 July 2017.
  7. ↑ "The SEPR is the reason Amathia votes on Saturdays". The Continental. 19 September 2019.
  8. ↑ Frére, Jaime; Thorn, Thomas (2012). "Subtle methods of decreasing turnout in semi-free elections; lessons from the AFR". Politics (103).
  9. ↑ "Other counries have election days: Aucuria is unique with an election date - today". Stebėtojas. 1 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Azmara votes on a Sunday - but why?". De Aalmsted Heraald. 13 October 2022.
  11. ↑ 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. ↑ 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. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 "Do other countries vote on a Friday?". EBS News. 16 November 2020.
  14. ↑ "Elections in the Montecaran Republic". www.senat.go.mc/elections. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  15. ↑ 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).
  16. ↑ "A 19th century war is responsible for Scovern's odd Tuesday elections". The Continental. 16 June 2016.
  17. ↑ "Senria votes on the second Monday of December; but why?". Mainiti Sinbun. 12 December 2021.
  18. ↑ "Shangea's elections, and how they (don't) work". Coian Monitor. 2 February 2020.
  19. ↑ Alaurentii, Clement (2019). "History of Elections in Tengaria, Imperial to Today". Tengarian History (69).
  20. ↑ "Will a true Yemeti election ever be held again?". Coian Monitor. 21 May 2022.
  21. ↑ "Schedule and recesses of the Euclean Parliament". www.euclo.parl.ec/about/schedule. Retrieved 24 June 2023.

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