Labels:book | bulletin board | reckoner | sky | tree OCR: chief executive officer. The state thus has ou overriding or preclusive interest in maintaining the at-large election the commissioner. 11. The Court of Appeals Did not Require Proportional Representation The opinion of the court of appeals does you as the county contends establish proporti onal representation' the standard for determining Section violation, "meaningless" the requirement reographic compactness. Brief for the Petitioners, PP cont trary the court faithfully applied na lysis Banquionl Gingles supra, including the requirement of geographic compactness based upon the size of the county governing authority provided for by state law and custom The Red Herring of Proportional Representa- tion Section 2(b} of the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 1973(b) contains disclaimer nothing 1n t ...