A subdivision of a city or town for the purposes of voting and representation in city or town government. In cities, precincts may be grouped into wards
A subdivision of a ward, as for voting The smallest political unit in the American electoral system and the basic building block for political organization A precinct has between 200 and 1,000 voters Following the 1990 census, there were about 147,000 precincts in the U S Each party normally appoints a precinct captain as party leader in the neighborhood and as its representative on the larger city or county party committee Precincts may also elect delegates to city or county party conventions Today, the precinct captain's job mainly involves education and organization, promoting the benefits of party membership, and registering new voters
A subdivision of a city or town for the purposes of voting and representation in city or town government. In cities, Precincts may be grouped into of wards
The limit or exterior line encompassing a place; a boundary; a confine; limit of jurisdiction or authority; often in the plural; as, the precincts of a state
A usually contiguous geographical area in which the adult citizens are assigned a single voting booth to cast their election ballots In some states it is called an ``election district '' Occasionally several physical voting booths exist within one precinct The precinct-level electoral data files which constitute the central element of the ROAD datasets have this as their unit of observation
A subdivision or district of a city or town under the jurisdiction of or patrolled by a specific unit of its police force, or, an election district of a city or town
A shopping precinct is an area in the centre of a town in which cars are not allowed. The Centre was a pedestrian precinct with a bandstand in the middle