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- ↑ "Bob Evans". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- 1 2 https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/house/evans_%2891st%29.xml
- ↑ Cory Maye’s Lawyer Running for the Mississippi Legislature, by Radley Balko; at TheAgitator.com; published July 9, 2007; retrieved January 28, 2023, via archive.org
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