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Charles Darwin gets 4,000 write-in votes in Athens against Rep. Broun
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Nov 08, 2012 12:50pm |
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| Author | Jim Thompson |
| News Date | Thursday, November 8, 2012 06:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Charles Darwin, the 19th-century naturalist who laid the foundations for evolutionary theory, received more than 4,000 write-in votes in Athens-Clarke County in balloting for the 10th Congressional District seat retained Tuesday by five-year incumbent Republican Rep. Paul Broun.
A campaign asking voters to write-in Darwin’s name in the 10th Congressional District, which includes half of Athens-Clarke County and takes in a swath of eastern Georgia, began after Broun, speaking at a sportsmen’s banquet at a Hartwell church, called evolution and other areas of science “lies straight from the pit of hell.”
“I can’t ever remember seeing a (write-in ballot) report that long,” said Athens-Clarke County Elections Supervisor Gail Schrader after releasing the write-in numbers to local media Thursday morning.
In addition to the write-in votes cast for Darwin in the 10th Congressional District race, a handful of votes for the long-dead British scientist were cast in other races, and a host of other names were included as write-in votes in races, including the congressional contest. |
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