You are right. they're about clan loyalty.
Hmmmm...
Unplanned, but ... hmmm.
So all of the overseas and provisional ballots are now in, and they only received about 5000. Not nearly enough to make a difference, even if all of them were for Moore. Not close to the 0.5% margin to trigger a recount.
There is an Alabama law allowing a candidate to pay for their own recount even if the margin is wider. But that apparently only applies to state elections, not federal ones. So Moore is finished. The Alabama secretary of state says the vote should be certified by next week.
I can expect that Moore will keep on going, because he knows Jeeeeezus wants him to be in the Senate.
-k