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- ↑ State Board of Elections Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ News & Record
- ↑ State Board of Elections Archived 2015-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
- ↑ North Carolina State Board of Elections.
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