precinct

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This process created a rare island of higher ground in what is now the east/south-east section of the temple precinct.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

Sunday in front of 156 West 38 St. in the Midtown South precinct.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

But Ms. Machado led the opposition strategy to get out the vote and capture images of voter tally-sheets at each precinct at the end of the day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

It reflected an age when urban machine politicians—Republicans and Democrats—would send party loyalists from one polling station to another, pretending to be a voter in each precinct.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2025

Forlornly, Patrolman Mancuso had put on the tights before the sergeant, who had pushed him out of the precinct and told him to shape up or get off the force.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole