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 Precinct -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A precinct is generally the lowest-level (Click link for more info and facts about minor civil division) minor civil division in the (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776) United States.
Sometimes several precincts will use the same (A place where voters go to cast their votes in an election) polling station.
In (A country in southeastern Asia on the island of Singapore; achieved independence from Malaysia in 1965) Singapore, a precinct refers to a cluster of (A housing development that is publicly funded and administered for low-income families) public housing blocks arranged as a single unit.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pr/Precinct.htm   (181 words)

  
 Attend your precinct caucus March 5!
Precinct caucuses are neighborhood meetings that begin the process of building the platform and endorsing candidates for Minnesota’s parties.
In a city, a precinct may include several blocks; in a rural area, a precinct may be as large as a township.
Each precinct is allotted delegates according to the number of votes in the precinct for the party’s candidates in the last general election.
www.educationminnesota.org /index.cfm?PAGE_ID=5209   (582 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Precinct
a precinct is a space enclosed by the walls or other boundaries of a particular place or building, or by an imaginary line drawn around it.
A Precinct Committee Officer is an office created in Washington State to organize a precinct for a Party.
In Singapore, a precinct refers to a cluster of public housing blocks arranged as a single unit.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Precinct   (433 words)

  
 LWVMNEF Precinct Caucus Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The precinct caucus is the grassroots level of major party activity in the state of Minnesota.
Everyone who lives within a voting precinct and is a qualified voter (or will be by the next election) may participate in one party's precinct caucus in any one year.
It is in the precinct caucus that the formal process of candidate selection begins and here is your opportunity to speak for candidates who may be chosen to represent your party in the general election in November.
www.lwvmn.org /EdFund/caucus.asp   (1478 words)

  
 Hold a Precinct Convention
The convention is to be held in the Precinct Chairman’s "regular election district" where he or she normally votes.
Only voters registered to vote in that Precinct and who have not voted in another Party’s primary election are eligible to participate in a Precinct convention for the Reform Party of Texas.
No charge may be made for the use of a public building for a precinct, county, or senatorial district convention except for reimbursement for the actual expenses resulting from use of the building for the convention.
www.texasreformparty.org /precinctconvention.htm   (1156 words)

  
 Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. JC-0462 (2002) -- John Cornyn Administration
Article V, section 18(c) of the Texas Constitution provides that a constable serves out his term in the precinct in which he resides, even though the precinct to which he was elected was abolished by a change of boundaries or his continued service temporarily results in extra constables serving in a precinct.
The constable of precinct five was elected to a four-year term in the year 2000 and his term began in 2001.
When the commissioners court redraws precinct lines, some of the county's commissioners, justices of the peace and constables may no longer reside in the precincts to which they were elected.
www.oag.state.tx.us /opinions/op49cornyn/jc-0462.htm   (1476 words)

  
 Analysis of Precinct Return Data for Duval County, Florida
Precincts with disproportionately high rates of "double punched" presidential ballots would have higher rates of "punch every page" voters, and would therefore show a disproportionately lower rate of "unvoted" ballots for less important races, such as Commissioner of Education.
The raw precinct return data for Duval County, Florida, for the general election of November 7, is available from the web page of the Duval County Commisioner of Elections.
This argument, however, does not withstand the evidence of the Democratic precincts, where the percentage of missing education votes increases significantly in proportion to the increase in Democratic composition.
www.netrinsics.com /Duval/Duval.html   (2012 words)

  
 PRECINCT OFFICERS FAQs - www.ezboard.com
A precinct officer is a person who represents voters within the party in his or her voting precinct.
As precinct officer, you will meet with your precinct voters (caucus) to understand what their opinions on various issues are.
If a precinct officer leaves office for any reason, a substitute can be appointed by the county chairperson, however, that appointed person will have no voting authority in the county committee selections.
p209.ezboard.com /fveteranspartyfrm7.showMessage?topicID=6.topic   (347 words)

  
 About the Precinct
The Precincts receive the 50% of the RIBG Funds formerly distributed to Heads of Departments; the intention is that, by pooling this money, greater spending power is achieved as well as more efficient utilisation of funds.
The Precincts are also intended to encourage sharing of equipment and other resources within each Precinct, where appropriate; it is hoped that this will prevent time and effort being wasted by departments in applying for equipment which is already available in the Precinct.
The Blackburn/Bosch/QE II Research Institute Research Precinct is managed, informally, by a committee chaired by a Sub-Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Medicine, and comprising representatives from each department located in the Precinct.
www.usyd.edu.au /su/blackburn_precinct/explan.html   (206 words)

  
 Auditor's Response to Iowa City Precinct Proposal
Precincts 4 and 22: Voters in the Peninsula area and at Forest View Trailer Court still have a long trip to the polling place at Lincoln School.
Most of the voters in new Precinct 14 are in the Twain School attendance area and will be better served by Twain as a polling place than they were by the relatively distant City Transit building.
This new precinct would be in effect for all elections whether or not legislative offices are on the ballot.
www.johnson-county.com /auditor/voter/icpcresp.htm   (942 words)

  
 Precinct 12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Precinct 12/North Point is currently staffed by 165 officers and provides police services to over 73,000 residents.
The precinct covers 24.7 square miles and borders the City of Baltimore, PC-09 White Marsh, PC-11 Essex and the Chesapeake Bay.
Precinct personnel routinely work with citizens through the Precinct 12 Community Relations Council, various Citizen on Patrol groups, various community associations and other county or state agencies to address the issues that affect our residents.
www.co.ba.md.us /Agencies/police/pc12   (259 words)

  
 2002 Primary - Precinct by Precinct
You should include the early votes by precinct on the form labeled "early votes" and include the election day votes on the forms labeled "election day." If a computer printout is not available that indicates an election day total only, a cumulative vote (election day plus early votes) may be submitted.
The precinct by precinct returns are required to be filed with the Secretary of State no later than April 12, 2002.
Section 173.083(d) of the Code requires this report as well as the precinct by precinct report after the runoff election be filed before final payment may be made for the costs of the primary election.
www.sos.state.tx.us /elections/voter/countychairs/2002primpxp.shtml   (380 words)

  
 Yonkers Police Second Precinct - Yonkers, NY | JMB WebDesigns   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Second Police Precinct is located at 441 Central Park Avenue and encompasses the southeast quadrant of the city.
In addition, the precinct has three foot posts that are covered on a regular basis to interact with the public and help resolve community issues on their posts.
It offers the precinct a good forum to meet with our many residents and help resolve issues they may have in their neighborhoods.
yonkerspd.com /second_precinct.htm   (323 words)

  
 Assign MCD-group IDs to the Precinct-Level Electoral Data
In these cases it is not necessary to assign census precinct codes in the precinct-level electoral data dataset because we will not need to divide the county.
We assign precinct codes by matching the precinct name field in the precinct-level electoral data files (the only identifier we are given in the original form of this dataset) with the precinct name fields in
Since precinct codes have been associated with an MCD-group code in the group generating step, assigning a precinct code is equivalent to assigning an MCD-group code.
data.fas.harvard.edu /ROAD/docs/node152.shtml   (957 words)

  
 New York Daily News - City News - 4th police precinct for S.I. comes in an election year   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The decision to add a precinct was made in a meeting Thursday between Bloomberg and Kelly, said NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne.
The location for a new precinct stationhouse, the number of cops that will be assigned to it and when it will open remain under review.
Skyler said the additional precinct is necessary because of the borough's phenomenal growth rate.
www.nydailynews.com /news/local/story/289425p-247785c.html   (485 words)

  
 Detroit will divide 9th Precinct
The precinct is the most dense in the city and one of the most dense in the Midwest, holding about 120,000 residents in a 15-square-mile space.
The 9th Precinct is unique because the area is made up of residential, commercial and industrial neighborhoods.
Gladys Johnson, 38, who has lived in one of the most crime-plagued parts of the 9th Precinct for six years, said she is often frustrated by the lack of response she gets when she calls the police for help.
www.freep.com /news/locway/ninth29_20000229.htm   (437 words)

  
 The Most Powerful Office In The World Is NOT The President of the United States!
The county chairman and the county central committee (or executive committee) are elected every two years (usually) by the Precinct Committeemen (sometimes called Precinct Chairmen) who, in turn, are elected in their individual precincts.
Of course, if your precinct already has a good Precinct Committeeman who is doing his job, he may not take kindly to you as an upstart and he may defeat you.
Since a Precinct Committeeman represents, on average, 500 voters, and has the power to vote for other Party officials and to make endorsements of candidates, any call or letter from a Precinct Committeeman gets the attention of elected officials.
www.eagleforum.org /misc/brochures/precinct-committman.shtml   (1623 words)

  
 Sound Politics: Precinct 3301
Precinct 3301 is one of the precincts that lost ballots.
Precinct 3301 isn't the only precinct that has more voters than ballots, it only came up on the top of my list because it lost the most ballots in the manual recount.
Precinct 3301 may have lost the most ballots between the machine recount (356) and the manual recount (352).
www.soundpolitics.com /archives/003338.html   (2335 words)

  
 New West Seattle precinct bridges a gap in law enforcement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The South Precinct serves a population of nearly 160,000 residents, a number expected to grow by 48 percent over the next 30 years, according to this study.
Inside the South Precinct building, hallways double as offices and interview rooms, the bunk room is a bunk bed and a pile of mattresses, and the locker room isn't a room at all, but a clever stacking of tall lockers to make separate changing areas for men and women.
Residents hope having a precinct on their side of the water will mean a greater police patrol presence in their neighborhoods.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/104840_precinct18.shtml   (1169 words)

  
 Buffalo Precinct Locations
PRECINCT 1 is the area north of Hwy.
PRECINCT 3 is the southern most part of the city and is bounded by Second Street South on the north side, south along Highway 25 South on the east side and Montrose Boulevard on the west side along Buffalo Lake.
Voters of precinct three vote at the Buffalo Public Library.
www.ci.buffalo.mn.us /Admin/Election/Precincts.htm   (262 words)

  
 No Units Available: Definitive Proof of the NYPD Neglect of the 104th Precinct   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
When NYPD announced the rookie allocation for each precinct in January, elected officials and civic leaders, living within the boundaries of the 104th Precinct, were once again left scratching their collective heads.
Most Queens precincts have experienced a rise in the number of incidents where there are no police units to respond to calls for assistance.
On the other hand the 104th Precinct is the slowest responding precinct in the borough with a 5.1 Critical Response and a 8.2 Crime-in-Progress response.
www.junipercivic.com /berry/0303/nypd.html   (965 words)

  
 Housing Precinct   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This program was designed to enhance the interaction between students, the Housing staff and the Department; to reduce the potential for incidents in the housing areas; and to assure students, visitors, and guests in the residential areas of an environment free from disruption by criminal opportunists or individuals displaying unacceptable behavior.
The plan for a Student Housing Precinct was presented to the Dean of Students and the Housing Director during early 1998.
The precinct is staffed by Special Operations Officers who utilize the police mountain bike and foot patrol to enhance the security and safety of the residents and to closely interact with the Resident Assistants and student groups.
www.uab.edu /police/housing.htm   (238 words)

  
 Police central precinct will move to heart of downtown - Saturday, 12/18/04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The central precinct office is on First Avenue on property needed for the ballpark's home.
The precinct entry will be near the corner of Fifth Avenue South and Broadway.
It would be Serpas' decision whether the new precinct would contain lockup cells for detaining those arrested, he said.
www.tennessean.com /government/archives/04/12/63036694.shtml?Element_ID=63036694   (384 words)

  
 Crime drops in busiest precinct - 10/08/00
DETROIT -- Officers of the city's 9th (Gratiot) Precinct, covering nine sprawling square miles on the east side that include many rough-and-tumble neighborhoods, are a dedicated bunch.
Wylie insisted that the precinct has cut by at least 20 percent since March the time it takes to respond to calls for help.
   The precinct is hampered by regular losses of veteran officers to less busy precincts and suburban departments dangling higher salaries.
www.detnews.com /2000/metro/0010/08/a13-131096.htm   (596 words)

  
 WakeGov.com - Precinct Officials
Precinct election officials are recommended by the political parties and appointed by the Board of Elections for two-year terms beginning in August of odd-numbered years.Each voting place is staffed with a CHIEF JUDGE, two JUDGES and two ASSISTANTS.
Precinct election officials are paid to attend these training sessions in addition to their election day compensation.
If you would like more information on becoming a precinct election official, contact your political party or e-mail our precinct officials coordinator at bfowler@co.wake.nc.com.
www.wakegov.com /general/elections/precinct_officials.htm   (571 words)

  
 Denton County, Texas - Justice of the Peace Precinct No. 5
Precinct Five has the only traveling Justice Court in the State of Texas, the precinct is made up of many miles of rural countryside.
Precinct Five territory is the northern part of Denton County, from the western county line to the eastern county line to the northern county line, and generally north of SH 380.
Judge Bateman is the Registrar for Birth and Death Records for Precinct 5.
www.co.denton.tx.us /dept/jp5.htm   (170 words)

  
 Precinct 11 - Essex   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On April 11, 1974, Precinct Eleven opened and operated with approximately 86 personnel.
Precinct Eleven currently covers 42.7 square miles with a population of about 85,000 people.
The precinct handles over 70,000 calls for service a year.
www.co.ba.md.us /Agencies/police/pc11   (102 words)

  
 Assault on Precinct 13 - Wednesday, 01/19/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Instead of outlaws trying to spring their leader from a frontier jail cell, it was a drug gang laying siege to an isolated police precinct.
A brutal snow storm forces a prisoner transit bus to stop at 13, and its inmate passengers are herded into 13's battered old jail cells, because the city is virtually shut down by the storm.
The precinct soon is under assault by corrupt cops who need to kill Bishop before he exposes them.
www.tennessean.com /entertainment/movies/archives/05/01/64314509.shtml   (551 words)

  
 DesMoinesRegister.com
"This is a victory for the voters of Iowa, the county auditors, and the precinct election workers who will not have to contend with the chaos the attorney general and secretary of state's (original) position would have created," he said.
Culver and Miller also instructed county auditors Thursday to separate ballots cast in the wrong precinct, so that such ballots will be preserved in case the results of next week's election are challenged.
Culver said that in 2000, two ballots were cast in the wrong precinct in Linn County, the state's second-largest county.
desmoinesregister.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041029/NEWS09/410290405/1056   (880 words)

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