If Jones wins

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How long before he is seated and can start voting?

[Bob Loblaw]

1. I wouldn't be surprised

if they found some convoluted reason not to seat him.

[yallerdawg]

2. I believe it's...

22 days for official vote certification? Unless contested?

Then the Senate can swear him in.

[DesertRat]

3. January

The outcome of Alabama’s Dec. 12 U.S. Senate election probably will not be certified until Dec. 26 at the earliest, a state official said on Friday, making it unlikely the race will affect major year-end legislation in Congress including Republican tax cuts.
Once certified election results are available, a new senator would be sworn in during an open session of the Senate, according to Senate officials. With the Senate scheduled to be out the last week of December, the next open session would not be until early January.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-senate/alabama-senate-election-winner-due-to-be-certified-in-late-december-idUSKBN1DI018

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4. Thanks

[Chasstev365]

5. McConnell is already talking about changing the rules to keep Luther Strange

in until he gets tax robber bill passed If Jones wins.

[onethatcares]

6. after 67 milllion recounts

because they never give up without a lot of bullshit.

[customerserviceguy]

7. The election would have to be certified

and I can imagine that the certifying body would drag its heels on this. The GOP is trying like hell to rush the tax bill through while they still have Luther Strange just because of the possibility that Jones might win.

I expect both forces to be in the "appropriate" modes should Jones win tonight, or even get extremely close. If the latter situation exists, there will be fights over provisional ballots that could drag out in the courts for weeks, if not months.