Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria.

Standards and criteria for congressional andstate legislative districts. Provides criteria by which congressionaland state legislative districts are to be drawn, including racialand ethnic fairness, protection of racial and language minoritiesto participate in the political process and elect a preferred candidate,contiguity, statewide proportionality, equal population, protectionof existing political boundaries, compactness, respect for communitiesof interest, and avoidance of irregular or contorted perimeters andsplit precincts.