About Precinct Splits

Note Not all counties in Florida use precinct splits; some create new precincts to handling the different district/city assignments.

A precinct split is a geographic subdivision of a precinct. Within a precinct split, all voters are eligible to vote in exactly the same combination of districts. A precinct split is typically necessary when there are changes to districts within a precinct, such as the incorporation of county land within a city or creation of a new taxing district.

In the illustration below, a precinct split was created to accommodate voters in the precinct affected by a city incorporation which makes them eligible to vote in city elections.

Precinct splits are created by the Supervisor of Elections, but unlike precincts, their boundaries need not be reported to the Division of Elections. See How to Create a Precinct Split for more information.

In your county's Voter Focus database, each precinct split has a record where the districts for the precinct split are defined. Precinct split records are maintained in STREETS AND PRECINCTS > Precincts Maintenance, within the record of the parent precinct. Each precinct split has a ID consisting consist of the parent precinct ID plus a precinct split ID. The exact format of the ID depends on the system settings for your county. See About Precinct IDs for more information.