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BREAKING: Voting Rights Chief Resigns

by David Kurtz
12.14.07 | 10:41 am

John Tanner steps down as head of the Justice Department’s voting section.

You can see a sampling of Paul Kiel’s ongoing coverage of Tanner’s controversial tenure at TPMmuckraker, where Paul has been on the case since last spring.

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