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- ↑ "Oregon Secretary of State: That Trail's Gone Cold!". Oregonvotes.org. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- ↑ "Oregon's gay-rights law target of initiative". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. March 16, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2008.
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