Planners will use traditional redistricting criteria to identify new district boundaries. These criteria include:
- Roughly equal population.
- Geographic factors, such as compactness, contiguity, and historical continuity.
- Fulfilling the goals of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits vote dilution of minority communities.
- Keeping other communities (such as neighborhoods with shared interests) together.
- Public review and input.
Planners will use these criteria together to shape boundaries in a way that is supportable by the public and the Metro Council.