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How Moore Could Be Kept Out of the Senate
By David S. Cohen
6 hours ago
... Doug Jones wins ... is the simplest way ...
... Alabama law prevents names being removed from the ballot within 76 days of an election ...
We generally think of write-in campaigns as jokes, but they have worked before ...
... The Senate is free to expel a member ... However, this ... requires .. a two-thirds-majority vote ...
If Moore wins .. and the Senate doesn't .. kick him out, he'll be Alabama's junior senator until 2020 ... Moore will be an embarrassment for Republicans for the entire three years ...
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/how-roy-moore-could-be-kept-out-of-the-senate-w512011