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2006 South Dakota Code - 2-2-32 — Legislative policy in redistricting.
2-2-32. Legislative policy in redistricting. The Legislature, in making the 2001 redistricting, determines, as a matter of policy, that the following principles are of primary significance:
(1) Adherence to standards of population
deviance as established by judicial precedent and to standards of
population deviance as prescribed by S.D. Const., Art. III,
§ 5;
(2) Protection of communities of interest
by means of compact and contiguous districts;
(3) Respect for geographical and political
boundaries; and
(4) Protection of minority voting rights
consistent with the United States Constitution, the South Dakota
Constitution, and federal statutes, as interpreted by the United
States Supreme Court and other courts with jurisdiction.
Source: SL 2001 (SS) ch 1, § 1.
Source: SL 2001 (SS) ch 1, § 1.
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