Alabama state officials signed documents on Dec. 28, certifying Democrat Doug Jones's victory in the Dec. 12 special election for the state's U.S. Senate seat. Moore, the first Republican to lose a Senate race in Alabama since 1992, had attempted to stop that vote from being counted. Late Wednesday night, the former state judge filed a legal complaint alleging “election fraud,” and asked the state to consider holding a new election. “That was all fictitious,” Merrill said of the voter fraud complaint after certifying the election. In 2016, Charnin alleged that mass election fraud had stolen key Democratic primaries from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), to the benefit of eventual nominee Hillary Clinton.

Source: Washington Post December 28, 2017 06:44 UTC