What Zimmer has going for him is a grassroots campaign led by parents, former students, and local activists who are walking precincts, making phone calls, and hosting house meetings.
They said the unit has not determined whether the officer, who is with the 43rd Precinct, made any mistakes.
In the precinct, made up largely of the Lakes of Delray condominiums and similar communities, an even 1,500 people voted for Mr. Gore, 151 voted for Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, and 47 for Mr. Buchanan.
In a precinct made up largely of Jewish Democrats from New York and New Jersey, Patrick J. Buchanan, who has never been able to shed a perception among some Jews that he is anti-Semitic, somehow took 47 votes for president.
The Raymonds went on to produce "The Police Tapes," the life of a South Bronx precinct (made on a $2,000 grant from the New York State Council for the Arts), and "Bad Boys," about juvenile crime.
Ellen, Bella and Sofia join me in expressing our sincerest appreciation to everyone who walked a precinct, made phone calls, posted or tweeted a positive message, financially contributed, endorsed and sent well-wishes [and] positive thoughts about our campaign for the state Senate.
I also tried the N.Y.P.D., which said a police precinct "makes all attempts to identify and locate the owner" if any lost property turns up.
Last year, 72 of the city's 666 homicides -- the most in the nation -- occurred in the Harrison precinct, making it the city's deadliest police district.
"This is about the Fenton Precinct making residents aware of a 'hot' topic and learning from this incident so Fenton never loses a child's life," he wrote.
And it matters: a few votes per precinct makes the difference in a whole lot of big elections.
