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"<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) -- Members of the D.C. Council, which voted to authorize a referendum on an elected attorney general in the District of Columbia in 2010, reportedly are considering delaying the election.</p><br /><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">In fact, some members of the council have mentioned shelving the election indefinitely, according to a <a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-council-fights-over-attorney-generals-duties-weighs-election-delay/2013/07/07/450c3994-e42c-11e2-aef3-339619eab080_story.html\">Washington Post report</a> earlier this week.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">In 2010, a majority of voters favored the District's Home Rule Charter be amended to allow the election of an attorney general.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">Currently, the District's attorney general is appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the D.C. Council.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">In 2015, the Attorney General's Office will become fully independent of mayoral control.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">But there has been much disagreement lately over the role of the elected attorney general.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">District Mayor Vincent Gray and his appointed attorney general, Irvin Nathan, support legislation -- which would help effectuate the change in the office -- that would remove half of the lawyers from the elected attorney general's supervision and have them report directly to the mayor.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">But others, including some D.C. Council members, argue doing so will defeat the purpose of having an independent, elected attorney general.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\">So far, no one has expressed interest in running for the office -- not even Nathan.</p><br /><p dir=\"ltr\"><em>From Legal Newsline: Reach Jessica Karmasek by email at <a href=\"mailto:jessica@legalnewsline.com\">jessica@legalnewsline.com</a>.</em></p>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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