On one hand it has done wonders for Johannesburg's cultural atmosphere with precincts like Newtown now thriving artistically, but it hasn't come without the unavoidable ramifications often associated with gentrification.
What Mr. Whouley had to say, the aide, Michael B. Feldman, recalled, was that the Florida secretary of state's Web page had winnowed Mr. Bush's advantage of 50,000 votes to 6,000, with precincts still to tally.
They show a reassuring presence in N.Y.P.D. blue, fully equipped with precinct radios, incident notebooks, a baton on their belt and a seven-point-star badge.
Responsible for building support in 30 precincts in Des Moines, Ms. Powell, like field organizers in other campaigns, cultivates and manages relationships with precinct captains.
Most counties now use either touch-screen or optical-scan voting with precinct-level tallying, which they say leaves far less room for error.
He said that Gang Division detectives would be teamed with precinct detectives to investigate individual gang crimes, much the way borough-based Homicide Squad detectives are teamed with detectives from local precincts to investigate difficult murder cases.
"We address crime spikes experienced in public housing with housing impact deployments, sometimes coordinated with precinct and transit impact teams, among many other strategies," Browne said.
Bratton recently divulged plans to move to a more 'decentralized' NYPD, with precinct commanders (many who are black and Latino) having more power.
After starting with downtown precincts, it began working with the department's newly expanded Homeless Outreach Unit in November.
He gained 118 votes in Broward County, with all precincts counted; 157 votes in Miami-Dade County, with 135 of 614 precincts counted; and just 3 votes in Palm Beach County.
With all precincts reporting, 73% of voters, or 48,541 residents, supported the bond, with 17,356 residents voting against it.
