Dover, PA School Board Results (ID controversy)

[brooklynite]

----- Dover -----
B Reinking Dem. 441
H Mc Ilvaine, Jr. Dem. 426
B Rehm Dem. 421
T Emig Dem. 437
A Bonsell Rep. 380
J Cashman Rep. 415
S Leber Rep. 406
E Rowand Rep. 404

2-Year Term
L Gurreri Dem. 413
P Dapp Dem. 425
J Mc Ilvaine Dem. 426
E Riddle Rep. 397
R Short Rep. 403
S Harkins Rep. 390

2-Year Unexp
P Herman Dem. 397
D Napierskie Rep. 394

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/features/elections
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If I'm reading the data correctly, the Democratic slate (Dover CARES) which has been supporting the teachning of evolution, is leading for all seats

[msongs]

1. now that would be great news! nt

[MuseRider]

2. I'm pulling for you

from backasswards Kansas.

[qnr]

3. Sounds great! n/t

[fshrink]

4. Which goes to show

that when you hold a clearer stance you get clearer results.

[brooklynite]

5. Dover CARES sweeps school dir. seats (Dover, PA evolution fight)

Dover CARES candidates swept eight seats available on the Dover Area School Board in tonight's election, according to unofficial vote totals from the York County elections office.
Sixteen candidates sought the eight seats and were split into two camps, based largely on the issue of intelligent design.

Dover CARES candidates think that if intelligent design is referenced, it should be in an elective course, such as comparative religion.

The incumbent school board members who were ousted in Tuesday's election favor mentioning intelligent design in biology classes.

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/local/ci_3196053?rss
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At least sanity exists somewhere in the world...

[Skip Intro]

6. !!!!!! HAPPY THUMBSUP!

:D :thumbsup:

[msongs]

8. let us all give thanks to the....intelligent designer of this outcome nt

[marbuc]

11. His noodly appendage has touched us all!

Hallelujah.

[SW FL Dem]

7. Great news, especially in light of the Kansas decision today

There is some hope. We need to keep working.

[drhilarius]

9. Hey, Kansas fundies, are you watching?

the 21st century isn't such a scary place.

[pinto]

10. Score one for education. Kudos.

[nosmokes]

12. Proof of Evolution Found in Pennsylvania! n/t

[Eugene]

13. AP: Pennsylvania Voters Oust School Board

A kick for the morning...

Pennsylvania Voters Oust School Board


Wednesday November 9, 2005 7:46 AM

AP Photo PACK107

By MARTHA RAFFAELE

Associated Press Writer

DOVER, Pa. (AP) - Voters came down hard Tuesday on school board members
who backed a statement on intelligent design being read in biology
class, ousting eight Republicans and replacing them with Democrats who
want the concept stripped from the science curriculum.

<snip>

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5402517,00.html

[Born Free]

14. Voters take stand against "intelligent design" policy (Dover Pa)

Voters take stand against "intelligent design" policy
11/9/2005, 2:58 a.m. ET
By MARTHA RAFFAELE
The Associated Press


DOVER, Pa. (AP) — Voters have decided to replace nearly the entire school board with a slate that called for removing "intelligent design" from Dover's high school science curriculum, after the new policy landed the district in federal court.

Eight of nine school board members were up for election on Tuesday, and all eight were voted out in a showdown over how evolution is to be taught and the cost of the district's policy on intelligent design.








http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-32/1131500646107450.xml&storylist=paelection

[Hissyspit]

15. Previously posted in GD:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5308582

But great news!

[Rainscents]

16. Way to go PA!!! Another big win for Dem's!

[WCGreen]

17. But better yet, a win for sanity...

[lostexpectation]

18. its got nothing to do with dems

as he said, sanity.

[mitchtv]

20. Science won

[moggie]

22. Why would you deny that?

The eight anti-creationist Dover CARES candidates all stood as dems, and all eight won. The defeated creationists are repubs. So, tell us again why this has nothing to do with dems, or, by implication, repubs?

[I Have A Dream]

19. I'm so relieved. I was really starting to worry about the sanity of...

my fellow Pennsylvanians.

[moggie]

23. The crazies will be back

Look at Kansas, for example. This is a battle you can't just win once and then forget about: you have to fight it time and time again.

[BiggJawn]

25. Yes, but it will be harder for the Taliborn-agains next time...

The only way they got in power in the FIRST place is because Average Joe doesn't pay anymore attention to the school board election than he does who's running for Dogcathcer.

[I Have A Dream]

30. Doesn't the right EVER get tired? n/t

[ticapnews]

21. In related stories: Earth Still Round; Solar System still Heliocentric.

"Christian" leaders promise battle against "unproved Copernican model"

:sarcasm:

[highnooner]

24. There were other reasons....

Some voters indicated Tuesday that their decision to vote against the incumbents, who backed the current policy, was as much about the cost of the litigation as the debate over evolution.

[chelsea0011]

26. The people have spoken but it means nothing to fundies..they

will be back.

[JPZenger]

27. All New Boardmembers are Dems, All Old were Repubs

http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1131531718154890.xml&coll=1
Harrisburg Patriot-News

(By the way, all 8 incumbents who were defeated were Republicans, and all 8 new members are Democrats.)

Dover voters reject 'intelligent design' board
Voters dump incumbents over intelligent design
November 09, 2005

"While a federal judge weighs the evidence in Kitzmiller et al v. Dover Area School District, voters in the district chose their sides yesterday in a debate about the teaching of intelligent design in their high school...All eight incumbents were defeated by eight challengers one year after a policy change by the Dover school board included a statement about intelligent design in its science classes...

Residents of the small school district -- about 20,000 in the borough, Dover and Washington townships -- found themselves in the spotlight as journalists interviewed them on their porches for stories that went around the world."

[Boxturtle]

31. Bipartisan school board

Actually, it was a mixture of Democrats and Republicans who ran on the Democrat's ticket. The amazing thing is that Dover is highly Republican, as is almost all of York County.

[ovidsen]

28. There is a God.

And, being an intelligent God, He knows that instruction in "intelligent design" belongs in comparative religion classes, and not biology classes, and has guided Dover voters accordingly.

[muriel_volestrangler]

29. Well done, Dover voters

Good to see they can recognise an intelligent argument.

[Endangered Specie]

32. Another link

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05313/603128.stm