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OCR: 39 The cases relied upon by the county are either inap- posite not support the county c position. The county claims that Gregory Ashcroft 111 S.Ct 2395 (1991) this Court advised against construction Sec- tion that requires state and local furisdictions increase the number officials elected particular offices Brief for the Petitioners, the contrary, Gregory involved state' mandatory retirement require- mert for judges, and did not even mention Section The county also wrong that the Court issued similar warning r Whitcomb Chavis, 403 U.s 124 (1971) There no issue Whitcamb involving an increase in the size of the legislature the coverage of the broadly worded statute, as enacted and amended by Congress. Chisom Roemer supra 111 S.Ct. 2368 The reliance by the county on lower court decisions is ...