One of Gov. Nathan Deal’s two appointees to the state Judicial Qualifications Commission has resigned as the judicial watchdog agency morphs from one that is constitutionally independent to a new, reconfigured agency under the purview of the General Assembly.

Linda Evans, who has served on the JQC since 2010 as an appointee of both Deal and former Gov. Sonny Perdue, sent her resignation letter to the governor, Evans confirmed Thursday.

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