The U.S. Justice Department and lawyers for South Carolina spent months fighting over the merits of the state’s controversial voter identification initiative. Now, the attorneys are debating which side the won the case in federal district court in Washington.

Lawyers for South Carolina want the federal government to cough up tens of thousands of dollars in transcript and copy costs for the state’s victory in fighting the Justice Department over a new voter photo identification requirement — one that drew the ire of civil rights proponents. The total bill: nearly $90,400.

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