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- ↑ "Judge Allison Riggs Formally Invested as Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals | North Carolina Judicial Branch". www.nccourts.gov.
- ↑ "The Supreme Court May Be About to Draw an Out-of-Bounds Line to Save Democracy". Esquire. March 29, 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. December 15, 2022.
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- ↑ "03/05/2024 OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE". North Carolina State Board of Elections . Retrieved April 22, 2024.
