Thursday, December 28, 2017

Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result


By USA Today, Dec. 28, 2017 

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — More than two weeks after Roy Moore lost a close U.S. Senate special election to Democrat Doug Jones, the beleaguered former candidate is seeking to delay official certification through a last-minute lawsuit.

However, Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill said Thursday that Moore's complaint — filed a little more than 14 hours before Merrill meets with Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Attorney General Steve Marshal to certify the results — won't stop the certification.

When interviewed Thursday morning on CNN's New Day, Merrill confirmed Jones will be certified as the winner.

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1 comment:

  1. If the women who cried foul and made sexual allegations against Judge Moore drop their complaints now that the election is over; can they be charged with interfering with an election?
    18 U.S. Code § 594 - Intimidation of voters

    Whoever intimidates, threatens, coerces, or attempts to intimidate, threaten, or coerce, any other person for the purpose of interfering with the right of such other person to vote or to vote as he may choose, or of causing such other person to vote for, or not to vote for, any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, at any election held solely or in part for the purpose of electing such candidate, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
    (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 720; Pub. L. 91–405, title II, § 204(d)(5), Sept. 22, 1970, 84 Stat. 853; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

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