选举日

选举日或投票日是举行大选的日子。许多国家的大选总是在周六或周日举行，以使尽可能多的选民能够参与。而在其他国家，选举总是在工作日举行。但是，一些在工作日举行选举的国家或地区将选举日定为公共假日。有些国家通过允许在选举前通过邮寄方式进行缺席选票、提前投票或邮寄选票的方式让选民更方便的日子投票，从而避免投票日的拥堵。 星期日是最常见的选举日，但在美英等国则不然。新西兰和澳大利亚是周六，美英和加拿大都是工作日。这部分是受新教的影响，它在历史上对安息日（通常被认为是星期日）除去教堂以外的活动设置了限制。 选举日通常在选举之夜达到高潮，届时将公布选举结果并宣布获胜者。 根据欧盟成员国的选举日（如上所列），欧洲议会的选举为期四天（即从周四到周日）。有一些例外，由于选举日期未涵盖星期三，因此荷兰在星期四举行选举，而丹麦在星期日举行选举。在所有其他国家完成投票之前，已完成投票的国家不能宣布结果。 Brett, Judith. From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting. Text Publishing. 2019: 111 [30 May 2020]. ISBN 978-1-925626-81-0. （原始内容存档于2021-08-22） （英语）. Australia is one of only a handful of countries to hold elections on Saturdays. Cyprus, Malta, Iceland, Latvia, Slovakia, Taiwan, and New Zealand are the others. ... Most countries go to the polls on Sundays, except in the Protestant-dominated Anglosphere, where public activities on the Sabbath other than attending church have historically been severely restricted. Brett, Judith (2019). 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