An Alabama sharecropper drove dozens of black voters to the booth in Alabama on Tuesday to help defeat Roy Moore.

Perman Hardy spent ten hours ferrying voters, who may not otherwise have been able to travel from their homes, to the polls, Alabama.com reports.

And it may have just paid off this year, after Democrat Doug Jones narrowly edged out Republican, and accused teen molester Roy Moore, in the traditionally Republican stronghold.

Perman Hardy spent ten hours ferrying voters, who may not otherwise have been able to travel from their homes, to the polls (pictured)

Black voters played a pivotal role in Jones' upset win. Exit polls showed that 29 per cent of the Alabama electorate were black voters, a higher turn out than voted in the Barack Obama elections in the state. Polls found that 96 per cent of those black votes backed Jones, while the figure rose as high as 98 per cent in the black women vote.

Hardy is something of an iconic figure in her home county of Lowndes where she's dedicated the past 25 years of her life to ensuring everyone turns up to vote for every election in Alabama.

The 59-year-old, who grew up picking cotton, and still works as a sharecropper working on a white man's land, personally drove more than 50 people to the polls to vote on Tuesday, including sisters Almedia and Pamela Rush who she picked up from their mobile home, and drove to church to vote.

'I feel it's important because of Roy Moore. I don't like his policies; I don't like the things he be talking about,' Almedia told Alabama.com reporter Connor Sheets. 'I always vote. One vote makes a whole lot of difference.'

Hardy had to use a little gentle persuasion to encourage other would-be voters to go to the polling station.

Her efforts may have just paid off this year, after Democrat Doug Jones (pictured winning) narrowly edged out his Republican rival

Accused teen molester Roy Moore, lost out on the traditionally Republican seat

And she's not someone who is easy to say no to.

Susan Mae Holcombe, 79, was worried that she wasn't dressed properly to visit Collirene's Old Bethel Baptist Church to vote.

But Hardy convinced her it was 'crucial' for black voters to have their voices heard, promising to drive Holcombe to the station, and return her home within ten minutes.

In the run up to the election, Hardy was busy visiting farms around the county, encouraging those who couldn't travel on Tuesday to sign up there and then as an absentee voter.

She also helped students studying out of state to register as an absentee voter, using a portable scanner she has hooked up to her car's cigarette lighter socket, so she can submit the forms on their behalf.

'My goal is to make sure everyone votes. That's always been my goal. This is what I do every election,' she said on Tuesday.

Black voters played a pivotal role in Jones' upset win. Exit polls showed that 29 per cent of the Alabama electorate were black voters, a higher turn out than voted in the Barack Obama elections in the state

Voters file in to vote after standing in a long line that leads out the doors of the Beulah Baptist Church polling station in Montgomery

Hardy, who has traced her family back to slaves held on the Rudolph Bottom plantation around five miles from her home, and worked in the cotton fields after school as a child, hoped Tuesday's vote will be a turning point for the county.

'We're in an epidemic poverty county so it's so important for us to vote today,' she told AL.com. 'I took some people today who've never cast a ballot before.'

Following the grueling, ten-hour day driving voters to and from the polls, many would be exhausted.

But Hardy brushed off any praise.

'Don't ask me how I do it, don't ask me how. It's just what I do,' she said. 'Everyone's got a purpose and God made me a person who goes out and serves the public and serves the community.'

A GoFundMe account has since been set up for Hardy to buy her a new phone and computer tablet to help her complete her work. The page has already raised $8,000.