Election District
Election District: Contiguous geographic area represented by a public official who is elected by voters residing within the district boundaries.
Definition
Contiguous geographic area represented by a public official who is elected by voters residing within the district boundaries. The district may cover an entire state or political subdivision, may be a portion of the state or political subdivision, or may include portions of more than one political subdivision.
Alternative Definitions
- Definition 2
Geographic area represented by a public official who is elected by voters residing within the district boundaries. The district may cover an entire state or political subdivision, may be a portion of the state or political subdivision, or may include portions of more than one political subdivision.
- Definition 3
Administrative area in which voters are entitled to vote in contests that are specific to that area.
- Definition 4
A geographic area whose voters share a common set of BALLOT STYLES. The “territory within which or for which there is a polling place or room for all voters in the territory to cast their ballots at any election. N. J. Stat. Ann. §19:1-1. A “municipality that is not divided into wards.” Wisc. Stat. §5.02(4)(c). An “administ rative division in which voters are entitled to vote in CONTESTS that are specific to that division, su ch as those for state senators and delegates. … An election district may overlap multiple PRECINCTS, and a precinct may overlap multiple election districts (see SPLIT PRECINCT).” 2007 VVSG.