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- ↑ "The Supreme Court May Be About to Draw an Out-of-Bounds Line to Save Democracy". Esquire. 29 March 2019.
- ↑ "League of Women Voters of North Carolina, et al. v. North Carolina".
- ↑ "Allison Riggs Appointed to North Carolina Court of Appeals, Steps Down from Service as LWVUS Board Member | League of Women Voters". www.lwv.org.
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