Consolidated Precincts

When the districts running on a particular election ballot are identical for 2-6 adjacent regular precincts, California Election Code 12241 allows for those precincts to be consolidated. In Sacramento County it is policy that the consolidated precinct will bear the lowest precinct number of the original regular precincts. Through the 2016 elections, consolidated precincts with 250 or more registered voters were assigned a polling place and designated "Polling Place" precincts. Consolidated precincts with less than 250 registered voters were designated "Mail Ballot" precincts. For every Polling Place Precinct there also existed a coextensive "Vote by Mail" precinct for the registered voters of that precinct who voted by mail. Since the 2018 elections, there is no longer a distinction between "Polling Place" precincts and "Mail Ballot" precincts. All Consolidated Precincts also have a corresponding and coextensive "Vote by Mail" precinct. Because the combination of contests on ballot is unique to a particular election, the set of consolidated precincts is unique to that particular election. Sacramento County Voter Registration and Elections当2至6个相邻的常规选举分区（precinct）对应同一份选举选票时，根据《加州选举法典》第12241条，可将这些分区合并。萨克拉门托县的政策规定，合并后的选举分区将沿用原常规选举分区中的最小编号。截至2016年选举周期，登记选民数不少于250人的合并选举分区会被分配投票站点，并被标记为"投票站点型"（Polling Place）选举分区；登记选民数不足250人的合并选举分区则被标记为"邮寄选票型"（Mail Ballot）选举分区。每一个投票站点型选举分区，都会对应一个地域范围完全重合的"邮寄投票"（Vote by Mail）分区，供该分区的登记选民以邮寄方式投票。自2018年选举周期起，"投票站点型"与"邮寄选票型"选举分区不再区分。所有合并选举分区均会对应一个地域范围完全重合的"邮寄投票"分区。由于选票上的竞选议题组合因选举而异，因此合并选举分区的集合也随每一场选举独有。——萨克拉门托县选民登记与选举部门