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- ↑ "State of Delaware General Election Official Results". Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- ↑ Feleke, Bethlehem (May 12, 2018). "Delaware becomes first US state to fully ban child marriage". CNN.
- ↑ Belanger, Ashley (May 10, 2018). "Delaware Became the First State to Ban Child Marriage and New Jersey Could Be Next". Teen Vogue.
- ↑ Goss, Scott (April 27, 2018). "Bill to outlaw underage marriage divides Delaware Legislature". The News Journal.
- ↑ "Bill Details - H.B. 337". Delaware General Assembly. May 9, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
