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DonViejo

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Thu Dec 28, 2017, 09:05 AM Dec 2017

Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result

By Kim Chandler?|?AP December 28 at 3:11 AM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Republican Roy Moore filed a lawsuit to try to stop Alabama from certifying Democrat Doug Jones as the winner of the U.S. Senate race.

The court filing occurred about 14 hours ahead of Thursday’s meeting of a state canvassing board to officially declare Jones the winner of the Dec. 12 special election. Jones defeated Moore by about 20,000 votes.

Moore’s attorney wrote in the complaint filed late Wednesday that he believed there were irregularities during the election and said there should be a fraud investigation and eventually a new election.

“This is not a Republican or Democrat issue as election integrity should matter to everyone,” Moore said in a statement released Wednesday announcing the complaint.

Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill told The Associated Press Wednesday evening that he has no intention of delaying the canvassing board meeting.

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Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2017 OP
He said integrity underpants Dec 2017 #1
This lawsuit will be ignored Gothmog Dec 2017 #2
Judge rules: "Get out of my courtroom, you child-molesting loser!" MineralMan Dec 2017 #3
That did not take long Gothmog Dec 2017 #4
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