A quick thought about the certification of the Alabama Senate race.

As you may know, Alabama has certified the senate election between Roy Moore and Doug Jones as a victory for Doug Jones. This isn't surprising but I did want to mention the fact that Moore had sued due to allegations of voter fraud. That lawsuit was dismissed and the state government has found no evidence of voter fraud.

I'm of two minds on the issue. On the one hand Roy Moore was a uniquely bad candidate with some serious baggage. Even without the sex scandal he was hugely controversial in Alabama and many people legitimately hate him. And though I still consider the allegations against Moore to be a politically motivated witch hunt it had to have hurt his campaign.

That being said, I do have to wonder if there wasn't voter fraud. Though some of the accusations were debunked, including the famous video of a man saying he came from a different state to vote. That man apparently was registered correctly, but I would not be surprised if there was voter fraud.

Why? Because Alabama is as safe of a red state as it possibly can be. Even with all of Roy Moore problems he never should have lost there. And it makes zero sense that the African American community would come out in such numbers for a guy like Doug Jones. Jones is a milquetoast white nerd but somehow he got a better turnout than Barack Obama? It stinks to high heaven.

Whatever the truth is though, we aren't likely to find out now. I doubt there will be any additional investigations. Such an investigation could only be positive. Any voter fraud could be found and if none existed then we could have more faith in our elections. As it stands right now though, I still am not sure if Alabama was on the level or not...