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A precinct or voting district (U.S. terms), [1] polling district (UK term) or polling division (Canadian term), is a subdivision of an electoral district, typically a contiguous area within which all electors go to a single polling place to cast their ballots.
Voting precinct can refer to one of the following: Electoral district; Electoral precinct, a subdivision of an electoral district; Polling station, where voters cast ...
In the United States of America, a vote center, sometimes known as a super precinct, is a polling place that combines multiple precincts allowing voters to choose at which location to vote regardless of their home address. Voter centers can be used to allow voters to choose from any polling place within a larger jurisdiction, commonly county.
A polling place [1] is where voters cast their ballots in elections. The phrase polling station is also used in American English [1] and British English, [2] although a polling place is the building [3] and polling station is the specific room [3] (or part of a room) where voters cast their votes. A polling place can contain one or more polling ...
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provide the voters therein with representation in a legislature or other polity.
In the United States, wards are usually subdivided into precincts for polling purposes. In Wisconsin, a 'ward' is what in most other states would be a precinct [2] In some cities of India, such as Mumbai and Delhi, a ward is an administrative unit of the city region; a city area is divided into Zones, which in turn contain numerous wards.
Although most New Hampshire polling stations open around sunrise and close in the early evening, Dixville Notch takes advantage of a state law that allows a precinct to close if all registered voters in that precinct have cast ballots. Consequently, all registered voters in Dixville Notch gather and are counted before the balloting takes place.
Precinct may refer to: An electoral precinct; A police precinct; A religious precinct; A shopping arcade or shopping mall. A Pedestrian zone; Places.