election district

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 sense 1c

2

: a political division of a county in certain states (such as Alabama, Florida, and Wyoming) in the U.S. compare judicial township

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