THE BURNED OVER DISTRICT

Apprently erstwhile stalker/molester Roy Moore believed those promises that there was no way a Democrat could be elected in Alabama. When the much vaunted Alabama Republican vote suppression system failed to deliver for him it knocked that poor old sparrowfart senseless, not difficult for one with so little sense to begin with. In his latest desperate attempt to gain what he thinks he deserves, he has filed a lawsuit.

Just hours before Doug Jones was set to be confirmed Thursday as the first Democratic winner of an Alabama United States Seat in 25 years, Roy Moore, the Republican nominee, filed a legal complaint urging officials to delay certification because of "systematic election fraud."

Attorneys for Moore and his campaign filed an election complaint late Wednesday night in the Circuit Court of Montgomery to postpone Jones' certification until officials had conducted a "thorough investigation of potential election fraud" that "improperly altered the outcome of this election."

Alabama's election board is scheduled to certify Jones's victory at 1 p.m. (C.S.T.) Thursday, and the Secretary of State's office said Thursday morning there were no plans to delay.

"There have not been any issues at this time that have been reported and determined to be verified as fraud," said John Bennett, communications director for Alabama Secretary of State, John Merrill.

Moore, 70, the defiant former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, has refused to concede ever since Jones defeated him by more than 20,000 votes in the Dec. 12 special election.

"This is not a Republican or Democrat issue as election integrity should matter to everyone," Moore said in a statement released Wednesday night. "We call on Secretary of State Merrill to delay certification until there is a thorough investigation of what three independent election experts agree took place: election fraud sufficient to overturn the outcome of the election."

In an 80-page complaint filed in state court, Moore's attorneys urged the court to issue a temporary restraining order blocking the certification, as well as an order directing state officials to set a new special election.

Moore's attorneys state that Moore will "suffer irreparable harm" if the election results are certified "without preserving and investigating all the evidence of potential fraud." He would be denied "his full right as a candidate to a fair election," they argue.

Merrill, a Republican, maintains his office has found no evidence of voter fraud. Last week, he issued a statement noting that his office had discounted one widely-publicized report of potential voter fraud – a viral video in which a male voter claimed in a Fox 10 news broadcast that he and others had come "all the way from different parts of the country" to vote and canvass for Jones/

"The Alabama Secretary of State's Office was able to identify the young man who was anonymously featured on the news broadcast," Merrill said in a statement. "After additional research was conducted, it was determined that this young man has lived and worked in Alabama for more than one year and is currently a registered voter in this state."

Roy keeps flogging that dead horse thinking he has a real Derby winner there.