Attorneys representing Georgia voters and an election transparency organization battling state election officials for a return to paper ballots have asked a federal judge to award them an estimated $5.6 million in legal fees and expenses. 

Judge Amy Totenberg, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Judge Amy Totenberg, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia

The fee requests cited orders by Judge Amy Totenberg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia—one last month and one last year—as proof the fees are warranted and that the litigation has already resulted in “fail-safe alternatives” to protect the security and validity of Georgia elections, beginning Jan. 1. The motions also cited Totenberg’s refusal to dismiss the case last May.