Republican Roy Moore has filed a lawsuit in an attempt to stop Alabama from certifying rival Democrat Doug Jones as winner of their recent U.S. Senate race, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The filing comes just hours before a meeting of a state canvassing board that is expected to confirm that Jones won the Dec. 12 special election, when he defeated Moore by about 20,000 votes. Moore is seeking an investigation of alleged voter fraud and pushing for a fresh election, said the AP. The election was held to fill the seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, but Moore’s campaign was hurt by accusations of sexual misconduct involving teenage girls decades ago. The suit includes a statement from Moore saying that he completed a polygraph test showing that the accusations were false, according to other media reports.
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