Voting Precincts

This dataset represent the boundaries of Fulton County voting precincts. Voting precincts are districts created for the purpose of assigning voters to polling places based on their place of residence. The boundaries are defined by the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections. The dataset includes all precincts in Fulton County but also includes precincts for the part of the city of Atlanta that lies in DeKalb County because the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections conducts elections for the the city of Atlanta even though the precincts in DeKalb County are defined by DeKalb County. Precincts are identified by alphanumeric designators which typically begin with a two-letter prefix indicating the city in which they lie. For example, precinct JS09 lies in the city of Johns Creek. The only exception to this convention is assignment of designators for precincts in the city of Atlanta, which begin with a two digit number indicating the council district in which they lie followed by a letter or letter and number combination to make each designator unique. The designator is recorded in the dataset in the field VoterDist. Changes to precinct boundaries can be triggered by a number of events including the redistricting that occurs as part of the reapportionment process following the decennial census, annexation of land by municipalities, and requests from municipalities to change the number of precincts with their boundaries. Any change to a precinct boundary must go through a formal process that begins with the documentation of the proposed change, approval by the County Board of Registration and Elections and approval by the County Board of Commissioners.

本数据集涵盖富尔顿县（Fulton County）投票选区的边界范围。投票选区是为根据选民居住地分配对应投票站点而设立的行政区域，其边界由富尔顿县选举与登记署（Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections）划定。本数据集不仅包含富尔顿县全境的所有投票选区，还涵盖了位于迪卡尔布县（DeKalb County）境内的亚特兰大市（Atlanta）部分区域的选区——尽管迪卡尔布县境内的选区由该县自身划定，但富尔顿县选举与登记署仍负责亚特兰大市的选举事务。投票选区采用字母数字组合标识，通常以两位字母作为前缀，用以标注其所属城市；例如标识为JS09的选区即位于约翰斯溪市（Johns Creek）。该标识规则唯一的例外为亚特兰大市的选区：其标识以两位数字开头，用以标注所属的市议会选区，后续再接字母或字母与数字的组合，以确保每个标识唯一。上述选区标识在数据集中存储于VoterDist字段中。投票选区边界的变更可由多种事件触发，包括十年一次人口普查后重新分配议席过程中开展的选区重划、市政当局的土地兼并行为，以及市政当局提出的调整其辖区内投票选区数量与边界的申请。任何投票选区边界的变更都需遵循正式流程：首先需提交变更方案的书面备案，随后需经县选举与登记委员会及县专员委员会的审批通过。