>> any candidate can ask for a recount, and if they pay for it, they can receive a recount. >> that is not true. as a matter of alabama law. under alabama law, as explained in the alabama election manual and as shouted from the rooftops by election expert, rick hassen today, what she just explained there about getting a recount if you pay for it, that's only true if you run for state office in alabama. that is not true if you are running for a federal office like, say, u.s. senator. >> so confusion about the law has been a pronounced feature of the roy moore candidacy, and indeed, his entire turn in public life. he has maintained, for example, that a person can be banned from public office on the basis of his religion, when he said muslims shouldn't be allowed to serve in congress. for example, he was twice thrown off the bench in alabama for refusing to obey federal court orders, because he thought he didn't need to. well, arguably, there was also a