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- ↑ "Former Secretaries of State". Sos.ok.gov. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
- ↑ Hoberock, Barbara. "Gov. Fallin names Michelle Day as interim secretary of state." Tulsa World. February 1, 2013. Accessed March 15, 2019.
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