Definition of Election district

1. Noun. One of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place.

Exact synonyms: Voting Precinct
Generic synonyms: Precinct

Lexicographical Neighbors of Election District

electable
electant
electants
electaries
electary
elected
elected official
electeds
electee
electees
electer
electing
election
election commission
election day
election district (current term)
election fraud
election of remedies
election threshold
electioneer
electioneered
electioneerer
electioneerers
electioneering
electioneers
elections
elections of remedies
elective
elective abortion
elective culture

Literary usage of Election district

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register For...by Horace Greeley by Horace Greeley (1899)
"21st, 22d, 23d and 24th election district™ of XXVIIth Assembly District: 3d to 9th election district of XXIXth Assembly District. New-York County). ..."

2. American Government and Politics by Charles Austin Beard (1914)
"The prime qualification of the loyal election district captain is subserviency to the leader of the assembly district.1 The latter is the "executive member" ..."

3. The Federal and State Constitutions, Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Benjamin Perley Poore, United States Congress. Senate (1878)
"The first election-district shall be entitled to three senators and eight ... The thirteenth election-district shall constitute the ninth senatorial and ..."

4. A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United by Horace Greeley (1856)
"First election-district.—Lawrence precinct, at the office of John Hutchinson, ... 11 Fourth election-district.—Willow Springs precinct, at the house of Dr. ..."

5. A Political Text-book for 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential by Horace Greeley, John Fitch Cleveland (1860)
"... election district, being all sparsely settled, were attached together as a ... This election district is 60 miles north from Pawnee, and 150 miles from ..."

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