It's Not Over In Dover-- Election Re-Run For 1 Board Seat Tuesday

It was widely reported in November that residents of Dover, Pennsylvania voted out the 8 incumbent school board members who supported the teaching of intelligent design, and elected challengers who opposed teaching this alternative to evolution in science classes. (See prior posting.) However, the election battle is not over. Today's Harrisburg Patriot-News reports on the little-noticed development. Board incumbent James Cashman lost to challenger Brian Rehm by only 96 votes. Cashman sued, and a county judge has now ordered a partial re-vote because it appears that one voting machine malfunctioned. Cashman received only one vote on that machine, while other incumbents each received about 100 votes. So next Tuesday there will be a special election open only to the 817 people who voted on Nov. 8 at the precinct in question.