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- ↑ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp433–435 ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6
- ↑ Nohlen, p432
- 1 2 "Jamaica’s drift towards republicanism: Possible consequences for the Caribbean", Constitution Net, 26 May 2016.
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