Azria v. Salerno

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the petition dismissed.

We agree with the Appellate Division that the ratio established by Election Law § 6-124 indicates the Legislature’s desire for proportional representation and that ideally this would require in each instance that the districts with the most party votes in the last election be accorded proportionally more representation than districts with less. However, the statute does not require strict compliance but more generally provides that delegates be chosen "substantially in accordance…