The Legislature, in making the 2021 redistricting, determines, as a matter of policy, that the following principles are of primary significance in making legislative districts: (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) Respect for the boundaries of each county, city, town, and election precinct by not dividing the boundary of a county, city, town, or election precinct except when necessary to meet equal protection requirements or to form districts that are composed of convenient, contiguous, and compact territory; and (4)(5) 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.