Districting principles provision for congressional and legislative districts

SF 2026 establishes new rules for drawing Minnesota's congressional and legislative districts. It prohibits redistricting plans from favoring or disfavoring specific candidates or incumbents, requires plans to proportionally reflect statewide partisan voter preferences, and mandates adherence to specific districting principles. Key provisions include requiring districts to have nearly equal population (within 3% deviation), protect minority representation opportunities, maintain contiguous territory, minimize division of communities of interest and political subdivisions, and avoid splitting tribal reservations. The bill directly affects how district maps are created for both state legislative and congressional seats in Minnesota.