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- ↑ "Brumskine-Liberia: Brumskine Re-Elected LP Political Leader". The Inquirer Newspaper. AllAfrica. June 29, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
- ↑ "National Tally Center Final Results Report for the Presidential and Representative Elections on 10 October 2017" (PDF). National Elections Commission. October 19, 2017. p. 26. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
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