Alabama SoS office says their "anticipated date of certification is sometime from December 27 – 29." deadline is Jan. 3 https://t.co/4WNqrz2LJu— Jim Newell (@jim_newell) December 13, 2017
From McConnell spokesman @StewSays: "Once the state certifies and sends us the paperwork, the new Senator is sworn in. But since the state said they don’t expect to certify until the end of the month, and we expect to finish before the end of the month..." https://t.co/EpkAd41bS0— Sean Sullivan (@WaPoSean) December 12, 2017