When Is US Election Day 2027?
US Election Day 2027
That's 474 days from today.
Rule: the Tuesday after the 1st Monday of November. See how weekday rules are calculated
About US Election Day in 2027
Tuesday was chosen deliberately: it gave rural voters a full day to travel by horse-drawn transport from Monday church observance to the polls, without requiring travel on the Sabbath.
The 1845 law originally applied only to presidential elections; Congress extended the same Tuesday rule to congressional elections in 1875, standardizing the date across federal races.
Federal law doesn't guarantee most private-sector workers paid time off to vote, leaving that decision to individual state law or employer policy.
2027: November 2nd — no presidency this round, just Congress.
US Election Day, 2027 — day 306 of 2027: ISO week 44 (Q4), 59 left.
US Election Day, 2027: next is Tuesday, November 7th; prior was Tuesday, November 3rd.
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