George J. Montano v. Richard C. Lee, Mayor’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. ““(a) The maximum number of members of any board, commission, committee or similar body of the state or any political subdivision thereof, whether elective or appointive, except any such board, commission, committee or body whose members are elected on the basis of a geographical division of the state or such political subdivision, who may be members of the same political party shall be as specified in the following table: “COLUMN I COLUMN U Total Membership Maximum from one Party 3 ................................ 2 4 ................................ 3 “. . . (c) In the case of any election to any such body the winner or winners shall be determined as under existing law with the following exception: The town clerk shall prepare a list of the candidates ranked from top to bottom according to the number of votes each receives; when the number of members of any one political party who would be elected without regard to this section exceeds the maximum number as determined under subsection (b) of this section, only the candidates of such political party with the highest number of votes up to the limit of such maximum shall be elected, and the names of the remaining candidates of such political party shall be stricken from the list. The next highest ranking candidates shall be elected up to the number of places to be filled at such election. . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 28 Conn. Super. Ct. 403 - Blanco v. Gangloff

2. “The Minority Representation Statute, by its terms, only applies to a `board, commission, committee or similar body of the state.' Neither the word `board' nor the word `commission' nor the word `committee' is one ordinarily used to refer to a body with general legislative powers. In view of the many cities in Connecticut whose legislative bodies are called `councils,' the legislature would have used that word if it meant to have such bodies covered.... [I]f the legislature had intended to take the radical step of making the Minority Representation Statute applicable to all legislative bodies ... it would have passed a specific enactment to that effect rather than relying on a tortuous construction of § 9-167a.... In addition, we find support in the fact that ... the Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, whose opinion is entitled to weight, has concluded that § 9-167a `is not intended to apply to legislative bodies.' (Opinion dated October 11, 1966).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Anderson v. Ludgin

3. “board, commission, committee or similar body”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Anderson v. Ludgin