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- ↑ Acosta, Tim (December 17, 2018). "Alice native David Whitley named new Texas Secretary of State". Corpus Christi Caller-Times . Retrieved January 3, 2019.
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- ↑ ALEXA URA (January 29, 2019). "Texas quietly informs counties that some of the 95,000 voters flagged for citizenship review don't belong on the list, County officials said the number mistakenly flagged is "significant."". texastribune.org.
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