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Jones certified U.S. Senate winner despite Moore challenge

 

FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows Democratic Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Doug Jones (L) and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) at their respective election night parties in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, U.S., December 12, 2017. REUTERS/Marvin Gentry/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo

 

(Reuters) - Alabama officials on Thursday certified Democrat Doug Jones the winner of the state's U.S. Senate race, after a state judge denied a challenge by Republican Roy Moore, whose campaign was derailed by accusations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls.

 

Jones won the vacant seat by about 22,000 votes, or 1.6 percentage points, election officials said. That made him the first Democrat in a quarter of a century to win a Senate seat in Alabama.

 

The seat was previously held by Republican Jeff Sessions, who was tapped by U.S. President Donald Trump as attorney general.

 

A state canvassing board composed of Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, Governor Kay Ivey and Attorney General Steve Marshall certified the election results.

 

Seating Jones will narrow the Republican majority in the Senate to 51 of 100 seats. In a statement, Jones called his victory "a new chapter" and pledged to work with both parties.

 

Moore declined to concede defeat even after Trump urged him to do so.

 

He stood by claims of a fraudulent election in a statement released after the certification and said he had no regrets, media outlets reported.

 

An Alabama judge denied Moore's request to block certification of the results of the Dec. 12 election in a decision shortly before the canvassing board met.

 

Moore's challenge alleged there had been potential voter fraud that denied him a chance of victory. His filing on Wednesday in the Montgomery Circuit Court sought to halt the meeting scheduled to ratify Jones' win on Thursday.

 

Moore could ask for a recount, in addition to possible other court challenges, Merrill said in an interview with Fox News Channel. He would have to complete paperwork "within a timed period" and show he has the money for a challenge, Merrill said.

 

"We've not been notified yet of their intention to do that," Merrill said.

 

Regarding the claim of voter fraud, Merrill told CNN that more than 100 cases had been reported. "We've adjudicated more than 60 of those. We will continue to do that," he said.

 

Republican lawmakers in Washington had distanced themselves from Moore and called for him to drop out of the race after several women accused him of sexual assault or misconduct dating back to when they were teenagers and he was in his early 30s.

 

Moore has denied wrongdoing and Reuters has not been able to independently verify the allegations.

 

(Reporting by Letitia Stein in Detroit, Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Keith Coffman in Denver and Katanga Johnson, Makini Brice and Mohammad Zargham in Washington, D.C.; Editing by David Gregorio and Matthew Lewis)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-12-29

[Samui Bodoh]

16 minutes ago, webfact said:

He stood by claims of a fraudulent election in a statement released after the certification...

 

What is it with candidates like Moore, Trump and the like that they claim "fraud' or that the "system is rigged" or that there was "wide-spread voter-fraud", etc. etc. etc. without providing clear, unambiguous evidence? Or any real evidence at all?

 

Do they not understand that they are doing damage to people's faith in the system? And to their country?

 

Do they simply not care that they are doing damage to people's faith in the system? And to their country?

 

Is their outlook on politics so jaded that they don't care about any damage if there is even a millionth of a percentage chance that they will get what they want?

 

I don't understand people like this. 

 

Edited December 28, 2017 by Samui Bodoh
Lack of coffee

[Ruffian Dick]

Just now, Samui Bodoh said:

Do they not understand that they are doing damage to people's faith in the system? And to their country?

It may be their hidden agenda, I don't know...

[Srikcir]

Roy claims of fraud in effect place blame on the Republican Governor, Republican Attorney General and Republican Secretary of State not to safeguard voting from ineligible voters. Just as Trump claimed nationwide. And like Trump, Roy's allegations thus far have proven to be baseless.

Maybe next election Roy should run as an Independent.

The only plus to Roy's campaign is that the RNC wasted $170,000 on his campaign.

 

[boomerangutang]

Multiply the poor loser syndrome by 10,000 and you get an idea of what Trump would have done if he had lost last year.  Weeks before the election of Nov.'16, Trump was bellyaching at each public shout-out how the election would be rigged.  Trump and Moore are like two turds floating in the same toilet.

[klikster]

Moore is but one of the poster children for what's wrong with US politics.

[Dap]

6 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

 

What is it with candidates like Moore, Trump and the like that they claim "fraud' or that the "system is rigged" or that there was "wide-spread voter-fraud", etc. etc. etc. without providing clear, unambiguous evidence? Or any real evidence at all?

 

Do they not understand that they are doing damage to people's faith in the system? And to their country?

 

Do they simply not care that they are doing damage to people's faith in the system? And to their country?

 

Is their outlook on politics so jaded that they don't care about any damage if there is even a millionth of a percentage chance that they will get what they want?

 

I don't understand people like this. 

 

The term I'de use (other than a profanity) is ... self-centered.

[watcharacters]

 

 

There goes the USA down the rabbit hole at least according to FORMER Judge Roy Moore.     

[Baerboxer]

7 hours ago, Samui Bodoh said:

 

What is it with candidates like Moore, Trump and the like that they claim "fraud' or that the "system is rigged" or that there was "wide-spread voter-fraud", etc. etc. etc. without providing clear, unambiguous evidence? Or any real evidence at all?

 

Do they not understand that they are doing damage to people's faith in the system? And to their country?

 

Do they simply not care that they are doing damage to people's faith in the system? And to their country?

 

Is their outlook on politics so jaded that they don't care about any damage if there is even a millionth of a percentage chance that they will get what they want?

 

I don't understand people like this. 

 

 

It's become fashionable not to accept defeat, not to take responsibility for your own defeat and not to act in a dignified sensible way.

 

Why some even create "pantomime villains" to help legitimize their fantasies. Like Vlad and those evil vote rigging Russians! 

[boomerangutang]

6 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

It's become fashionable not to accept defeat, not to take responsibility for your own defeat and not to act in a dignified sensible way.

Why some even create "pantomime villains" to help legitimize their fantasies. Like Vlad and those evil vote rigging Russians! 

I liked your first sentence, but you left me cold with your 2nd.

Over a dozen US intel agencies agree that Russia interfered in the election.  The goalof the interference was to influence voters to vote for their choice.  It worked fabulously.  I can picture Putin thinking to himself with a wide grin, "Wow, I knew American rednecks were open to influence, but never dreamed they would be so easy to manipulate.  What a bunch of dummies."

 

 

[Ruffian Dick]

12 hours ago, klikster said:

Moore is but one of the poster children for what's wrong with US politics.

I think he mostly lost because of the pedophilia allegations. Not because he thinks that slavery was part of the USA's "Golden Age". That's the scary part.

[sirineou]

13 hours ago, Srikcir said:

Roy claims of fraud in effect place blame on the Republican Governor, Republican Attorney General and Republican Secretary of State not to safeguard voting from ineligible voters. Just as Trump claimed nationwide. And like Trump, Roy's allegations thus far have proven to be baseless.

Maybe next election Roy should run as an Independent.

The only plus to Roy's campaign is that the RNC wasted $170,000 on his campaign.

 

 It would be a democratic dream if Moore run as an independent once again dividing the democratic vote.   As to the subject at hand I think it was only an attempt to delay the inevitable and extend the current republican majority a litle longer while the matter was being litigated.  

[Rhys]

Shame   Shame   Shame....

[jerojero]

Moore, just another GOP retard. Just like Trump week before the election saying if he lost the election it was because it was rigged. USA once proud and respected, now a laughing stock across the world because of GOP. Sad.

 

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[bendejo]

On 12/28/2017 at 3:34 PM, Samui Bodoh said:

What is it with candidates like Moore, Trump and the like that they claim "fraud' or that the "system is rigged" or that there was "wide-spread voter-fraud", etc. etc. etc. without providing clear, unambiguous evidence? Or any real evidence at all?

 

Do they not understand that they are doing damage to people's faith in the system? And to their country?

 

Do they simply not care that they are doing damage to people's faith in the system? And to their country?

 

Is their outlook on politics so jaded that they don't care about any damage if there is even a millionth of a percentage chance that they will get what they want?

 

I don't understand people like this. 

 

Yes, they simply do not care.  "Me first" is the credo of most Great Men. 

That certain guy who ran a computer company and is loved by millions and practically defied, he was like this too. 

 

This little piece of video says it all:

 

 

 

[Becker]

On 12/29/2017 at 1:44 PM, Baerboxer said:

 

It's become fashionable not to accept defeat, not to take responsibility for your own defeat and not to act in a dignified sensible way.

 

Why some even create "pantomime villains" to help legitimize their fantasies. Like Vlad and those evil vote rigging Russians! 

That Putin is an evil despot who has done his best to trying to help the man-child win the election is unfortunately no fantasy. 

[Ramen087]

1 hour ago, Becker said:

That Putin is an evil despot who has done his best to trying to help the man-child win the election is unfortunately no fantasy. 

wow... still harping on this fantasy?  smdh.  happy new year.