• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Having just one U.S. House seat makes congressional redistricting moot in South Dakota, but the once-a-decade process carries its share of complexities on the state legislative front.
• Republicans have long controlled the South Dakota Legislature, and they got to call the shots on new boundaries again in 2011. State GOP officials said their redistricting plan was fair, but minority Democrats complained the boundaries of several new districts will put them at a disadvantage in elections for the next decade.
• Lawmakers voted mostly along party lines to approve the measure, which Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed.
• Senate Minority Leader Jason Frerichs, D-Wilmot, said South Dakota's population continues to move from rural areas to urban centers in Sioux Falls and Rapid City, and Republicans have split the districts there to make them more Republican.
• "They've done a good job to keep the Republican strongholds very clear where they have them," Frerichs said.
• House Majority Leader David Lust, R-Rapid City, said the redrawing of district lines has more to do with demographics than politics, especially in the western part of the state.
• "There's no way to carve up all of western South Dakota and make a district less Republican," Lust said.
• Republicans hold a 28-7 edge over Democrats in the Senate and a 53-17 advantage in the House.
• The Legislature must redraw the boundaries of legislative districts every decade to reflect population changes reported by the census. The ideal district would contain 23,262 people, but courts have said each district can vary by 5 percent above or below that number.
• In South Dakota, each district elects one senator and two House members at large, except for two Senate districts that are split into two House districts, each of

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