election district

election district
noun
one of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place
Syn: ↑voting precinct
Hypernyms: ↑precinct

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noun
1.
a. : a district that is created for the administration of elections

all party organization rests ultimately upon the “unit cell” of the precinct or election district — W.S.Sayre

b. : precinct 1c
2. : a political division of a county in certain states (as Alabama, Florida, Wyoming) in the U.S. — compare judicial township

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precinct (def. 3).
[1790-1800, Amer.]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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