precinct money

English

Noun

precinct money (uncountable)

  1. (US politics, colloquial) Money that is paid to voting precinct leaders for get out the vote efforts, sometimes corruptly.
    Synonyms: street money, walk-around money
    • 1976, William Allison Shimer, American Scholar, page 356:
      It also puts up what it calls precinct money, the small bankroll a worker carries and spends on election day and the few days before.
    • 1988, Michael Royko, Boss, page 102:
      Without the precinct money, you don't have poll-watchers and they can get away with anything.
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