Noun : the precincts of a town. From Dictionary.com.
One local celebrity from these precincts is blogger Kenton Ngo. From Wordnik.com. [A look back at the 41st] Reference
This Add and Drop within a set of precincts is a vector for fraud. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: King Cantcounty lost 62 ballots in recount] Reference
Tea party supporters became poll watchers in precincts across Houston to guard against voter fraud. From Wordnik.com. [Some complaints surface amid stepped-up efforts to monitor voting fraud] Reference
Edward and Obama supporters in precincts where they don't make 15% will not go to Hillary's corner. From Wordnik.com. [Easter Lemming Liberal News] Reference
A candidate suggested restricting the award just to voters in precincts that meet certain voter turnout targets. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2003-09-01] Reference
This is part of what's driving the sense of political urgency this year, especially within precincts of the tea party. From Wordnik.com. [Revolt of the Accountants] Reference
The IFE finally got around to it and discovered the fact that 20 and 50 peso notes were being handed out in precincts for people to vote for Calderon. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: July 17, 2006] Reference
This courtyard is just outside the main precincts of my college, tucked away behind the old school of divinity and in the midst of a maze of buildings. From Wordnik.com. [The Perils of Teaching « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
Museums classically sat apart from the lively texture of the city, behind walls and gates, up great stairways, across moats and squares, on hills or in precincts of their own. From Wordnik.com. [The Museum As The New Agora] Reference
Getting our hands dirty in the precincts is the other part. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » FDL Sunday Book Salon: Crashing the Gate, Week 1] Reference
The numbers were even higher in precincts like Las Vegas, where nearly 20% of the county’s voters were absent from the rolls. From Wordnik.com. [kennedy & palast : block the vote] Reference
There were too few crimes to fill the space in the newspaper, and Richard Irwin started calling the precincts in Baltimore County. From Wordnik.com. [Blog updates] Reference
The abbey has the cure of souls of twenty six parishes (population over 42,000) and within the precincts are a Gymnasium, or boys school. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent] Reference
Most of the active Democratic officials that are prevented from endorsing candidates say that the feedback they are getting from the precincts is a huge Obama base. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama Promises To Get More Aggressive] Reference
The "precincts" outlined by blast walls and protected by militias?. From Wordnik.com. [McCain Previews General Election Strategy: Dems Were Wrong About Iraq] Reference
2 to 1 ratio in favor of McD in 54 precincts is still a good opening salvo. From Wordnik.com. [Virginia Results Open Thread. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
There are probably other "correlations" as well besides income such as precincts with lots of graduate level degrees. From Wordnik.com. [Absolutely Outstanding Analysis of Fairfax County] Reference
The open-air market is divided into "precincts" by product: deli, fruit and vegetables, organics, wine and more. From Wordnik.com. [Examiner California Headlines] Reference
She tells me the city is divided into '' precincts '' and '' quarters '' now, and there's much to be seen outside the CBD. From Wordnik.com. [NEWS.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Most of the open "precincts" are just mechanisms individual counties have set up to show they haven't closed out the possibility for absentee overseas ballots to come in. From Wordnik.com. [Peach Pundit] Reference
"precincts," and appointed annually for each precinct a highway surveyor. From Wordnik.com. [Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins] Reference
In many precincts, hope and idealism have been replaced with cynicism and isolationism. From Wordnik.com. ['Ask Not'--'90S Style] Reference
Some precincts that encountered problems during the primary appeared to be faring better today. From Wordnik.com. [Quick, Pick A Winner] Reference
Miller knows the number of neighborhood watch people and Iraqi police operating in his precincts. From Wordnik.com. [What a Difference …] Reference
Fox's biggest challenge could be tackling public corruption, from the statehouses to police precincts. From Wordnik.com. [Taking The Reins] Reference
The NYPD currently owns 100 of them, which rotate through police precincts and are used at big events. From Wordnik.com. [The Future Of New York] Reference
A resident of inner-city Hillbrow, Andrew is utterly at ease in such glittering, once-exclusive precincts. From Wordnik.com. [GENERATION BORN FREE] Reference
U.S. and Iraqi officials have divided the city, American-style, into nine precincts to better deliver services. From Wordnik.com. [What a Difference …] Reference
Not long after, from other precincts, the first rumors about Lewis being a drug user and a homosexual began to surface. From Wordnik.com. [A Long Leap Of Faith] Reference
Callers have reported precincts that opened one hour late and others with inoperable machines, yielding intolerable lines. From Wordnik.com. [Quick, Pick A Winner] Reference
Using a little-known state law, the GOP is dispatching "challengers" to thousands of precincts, including all 364 in Stark. From Wordnik.com. [THE NEXT FLORIDA] Reference
In other words, with all precincts reporting -- and look at how quickly they counted all those paper ballots: amazing efficiency!. From Wordnik.com. [American Beat: A New Gold Standard] Reference
In some township precincts where the DA barely registered during the 1999 elections, it pulled in as much as 27 percent of the vote. From Wordnik.com. [The Anc's Nasty Wake-Up Call] Reference
Polling precincts that drew long lines of voters for a legislative election only six months ago stood empty throughout much of the day. From Wordnik.com. [Haiti: A Shabby Epilogue] Reference
It is a tricky business to read the minds of Supreme Court justices, who operate in one of the last truly secret precincts in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [The Truth Behind The Pillars] Reference
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