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December 28, 2017

Roy Moore Sues to Stop Alabama from Certifying Doug Jones Winner of U.S. Senate Race
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Republican Roy Moore has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the state of
Alabama from certifying his rival, Democrat Doug Jones, as the winner of
the special U.S. Senate race two weeks ago. Moore lost the highly
controversial race to Jones by about 20,000 votes, after at least nine
women accused Moore of harassing or assaulting them when they were
teenagers-one as young as 14 years old. African-American voters were
critical in defeating Moore, who has a long history of racism, sexism,
homophobia and Islamophobia. On Wednesday, Moore's lawyers filed the
lawsuit claiming fraud and demanding a new election. The state
canvassing board had been slated to officially declare Jones the winner
at its meeting today.


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