Republican Roy Moore has filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the state of Alabama from certifying his rival, Democrat Doug Jones, as the winner of the special U.S. Senate race two weeks ago. Moore lost the highly controversial race to Jones by about 20,000 votes, after at least nine women accused Moore of harassing or assaulting them when they were teenagers—one as young as 14 years old. African-American voters were critical in defeating Moore, who has a long history of racism, sexism, homophobia and Islamophobia. On Wednesday, Moore’s lawyers filed the lawsuit claiming fraud and demanding a new election. The state canvassing board had been slated to officially declare Jones the winner at its meeting today.