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precinct::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | city district |
| Has types | election district, police precinct, voting precinct |
Examples of precinct
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Not bad for a place where one voting precinct got indoor plumbing two years ago.
From the post-gazette.com
Election Day is Tuesday, when voters can vote only at their designated precinct.
From the chron.com
Officials must report election results by precinct number for auditing purposes.
From the orlandosentinel.com
They put the top NYPD executives and local precinct commanders in the same room.
From the theatlantic.com
Every registered voter in a precinct must be notified of the move with a letter.
From the tennessean.com
I imagine Salford precinct would shock most southerners and this is a good area.
From the guardian.co.uk
This is the inner-London setting for a gritty, teatime precinct drama, Postcode.
From the guardian.co.uk
Under the deal, the coalition will help the party rebuild at the precinct level.
From the bostonherald.com
On Tuesday the surrounding precinct delivered 77 percent of its votes for Obama.
From the ocregister.com
- A district of a city or town marked out for administrative purposes
- A precinct is a space enclosed by the walls or other boundaries of a particular place or building, or by an arbitrary and imaginary line drawn around it. The term has several different uses. ...
- An enclosed space having defined limits, normally marked by walls; A pedestrianized and uncovered shopping area; A subdivision of a city under the jurisdiction of a specific group of police; the police station situated in that district; A subdivision of a city or town for the purposes of ...
- (Precinctive) Native to the area specified, and occurring nowhere else (adjective).^5
- A political boundary periodically redrawn by the county registrar of voters. Multiple precincts may change in every election. Registration precincts differ from voting precincts. A precinct polygon refers to the shape of a precinct.
- Voting boundaries established by the DC Board of Elections and Ethics.
- An area created by election officials to group voters in a designated polling place so that an election can be conducted.
- Means an area, a part of an area, or any other part of the State.
- The smallest geographic area in US voting subdivisions, in which local party officials are elected. A precinct usually has from 200 to 1,000 voters in it. Each precinct has an elected precinct captain (the neighborhood party leader). ...
