Word: precinct
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There are 613 registered voters in the precinct, which includes five Harvard houses, but only 238 voters cast ballots, including 197 Democrats and 41 Republicans...
...same time, of 519 registered voters in Cambridge's second precinct, which includes the Yard dorms, only 214 ballots were cast, with 175 Democrats and 39 Republicans pulling the levers last Tuesday...
Under a new local redistricting plan, Quincy House hosts the precinct's polling place and approximately 90 percent of the registered voters are Harvard students...
Glenn S. Koocher '71, warden of the third precinct, said he noticed that the voting at Quincy was related to class times. "We're getting a lot of votes between the hour and ten minutes after the hour," he said...
...overall, Harvard students were noticeable in their absence. "Turnout is fairly low," Smith said, adding that registered Harvard students tend to vote at half the rate of Cambridge residents in his precinct...