Reuters: Oddly Enough: Evolutionist Charles Darwin gets 4,000 write-in votes in Georgia

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Evolutionist Charles Darwin gets 4,000 write-in votes in Georgia Nov 9th 2012, 16:02 By David Beasley ATLANTA | Fri Nov 9, 2012 11:02am EST ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia congressman who attacked the theory of evolution found himself with an unlikely opponent in Tuesday's election when 4,000 voters in one county cast write-in ballots for the 19th century father of evolution, British naturalist Charles Darwin. In a speech, Paul Broun, a physician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives Science, Space and Technology Committee, called evolution and the Big Bang Theory, "lies straight from the pit of hell." Since Broun, a Republican, had no opposition in the November general election, a University of Georgia plant biology professor, Jim Leebens-Mack, and others started a write-in campaign for Darwin, the father of the theory of evolution. "We don't feel our interests are being best served by an anti-science fundamentalist representing us on the Science, Space and Technology Committee," Leebens-Mack told Reuters Friday. The write-in votes in Athens-Clarke County will not count officially since Darwin was never certified as a write-in candidate, but Leebens-Mack hopes the campaign will encourage a strong candidate, Democrat or Republican, to challenge Broun in 2014. "I think there could be Democratic opposition but even more likely is having a rationale Republican who understands issues like global warming, scientific reasoning more generally," said Leebens-Mack. Broun received 16,980 votes in Athens-Clarke County, home of the University of Georgia, Broun's undergraduate alma mater. Meredith Griffanti, Broun's press secretary, did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment. (Editing by David Adams and Bil Trott) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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