South Dakota Codified Laws 2-2-41. Legislative policy in redistricting
The Legislature, in making the 2021 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;
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 2-2-41
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
(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 2011 (SS), ch 1, § 1, eff. Jan. 23, 2012; SL 2021, ch 16, § 1.