Law says Roy Moore cannot be replaced on December ballot

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With just a little over a month before the Alabama Senate election, allegations of sexual assault against candidate Judge Roy Moore going back decades have placed his candidacy in doubt. Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has asked the two-time Alabama Chief Justice to step aside if the allegations are true, leaving Alabamians and others across the nation asking what would happen if Moore were to step down.

While many might think that the obvious replacement to Moore running against Democrat Doug Jones On Dec. 12 would be his Alabama GOP runoff rival and incumbent of the Senate seat Luther Strange, they'd be wrong.

Moore cannot be replaced on the ballot.

Alabama law prohibits the replacement of a party candidate up to 76 days before the election.