Bourges v. LeBlanc

OPINION OF THE COURT

Petitioners brought this proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16-102 to declare invalid the designating petitions naming respondent Kenneth P. LeBlanc as the Independence Party *420and. Democratic Party candidate for the public office of Member of New York State Assembly, 99th Assembly District. Petitioners alleged that, because respondent lived continuously in California from 1987 until 1999, he failed to satisfy the New York residency requirements of article III (§ 7) of the State Constitution.

Section 7 provides that: “No person shall serve as a member of the legislature…