precinct money

English

Noun

precinct money (uncountable)

1. (US politics, colloquial) Money paid to voting precinct leaders for get out the vote efforts, sometimes corruptly.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• walk-around money, street money