A spokeswoman for Roy Moore’s campaign says they are asking Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill to investigate the election because they have confirmed “evidence of fraud” that could change the election outcome. The long-shot effort almost immediately failed Thursday.

“It is the job of John Merrill to make sure the elections are free and proper and that they are fair,” Janet Porter said on CNN Thursday. “This is something that people who care about fair and free elections should call the secretary of state. And let him know we don't want to you certify a fraudulent vote. Investigate it.”

The Moore campaign has hired numerous independent experts who have confirmed voter fraud took place during the Alabama special election for U.S. Senate in one county, according to Porter.

The Moore campaign's push to delay the certification of the election failed quickly Thursday.

Merrill said Jones will be certified as the winner Thursday and a judge blocked Moore's request to not certify the results due to voter fraud.

When CNN host Dana Bash mentioned that the secretary of state has not found evidence of fraud, the spokeswoman replied: “We are presenting that evidence. Don't think that the evidence of experts that said just one county we found 20 precincts in Jefferson County. By the way, we found — the analysts have done the algorithms and they know what districts they targeted and the chances that this is not fraud? One in 15 billion said,” Porter said, citing one expert, Richard Sharden.

Porter said there are at least 650,000 votes that are in question and addressed within 84 pages of evidence presented by the independent experts, which they are hoping will delay the certification of the election and investigated by Merrill.

The Roy Moore campaign filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging the outcome of the election and came forward with a polygraph test that allegedly proves that three women who accused Roy Moore of sexual misconduct were lying.

Earlier this month, Democrat Doug Jones beat Moore in the race for U.S. Senate in Alabama in a tough race that was dominated by multiple sexual misconduct allegations against Moore.

Merrill said Jones will be certified as the winner Thursday and a judge blocked Moore's request to not certify the results due to voter fraud.