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<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) &#8212; A new poll shows more than half of Pennsylvania voters disapprove of Kathleen Kane&#8217;s handling of her job as state attorney general and nearly as many think she should resign.</p><p>The survey released Tuesday by Connecticut-based Quinnipiac University is based on telephone interviews with 1,085 voters from Aug. 7 through Aug. 18.</p><p>Kane faces criminal charges that she leaked confidential grand jury information and then lied about it under oath, but plans to run for re-election next year.</p><p>Fifty-four percent of the respondents disapproved of Kane&#8217;s performance and 20 percent approved, the poll found.</p><p>Forty-nine percent said Kane should resign. Twenty-seven percent said she should not.</p><p>About one-quarter of the respondents had no opinion on either question.</p><p>The poll&#8217;s margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points.</p><style>
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Poll: 54 percent of voters disapprove of Kane’s performance