Election district
1. Administrative area in which voters are entitled to vote in contests that are specific to that area.
Source: Voter Records Interchange Common Data Format Specification - Version 1.0, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/SpecialPublications/NIST.SP.1500-102.pdf; Election Terminology Glossary - Draft, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), https://pages.nist.gov/ElectionGlossary/
2. 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.
Source: Glossary of terms database, U.S. Election Assistance Commission, https://www.eac.gov/glossary/