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Back:  Martinez Fischer said the pre-clearance process would have been quicker if Abbott, a Republican, had chosen to have pre-clearance considered by the Department of Justice instead of letting a District of Columbia federal court decide.

The Justice Department said in a filing last month that “the State itself has caused the delay in the pre-clearance process.” The department noted that Texas waited until the end of the legislative session to pass the state House and Senate plans and didn’t pass a congressional map until a special session in June.

and forth:  But Lauren Bean, a spokeswoman for Abbott, said the attorney general knows from the redistricting litigation that the Justice Department would have objected to the redistricting maps enacted by the Texas Legislature, and in hindsight, bypassing review by the Justice Department proved to be a time-saver. Abbott’s chosen path was best, Bean said, because the state would have had to file a lawsuit after the department took its time to deny pre-clearance.