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- ↑ "District 22 special election race heads to runoff". Cherokee Tribune. 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-03-29.
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- ↑ "Representative Sam Moore". www.house.ga.gov.
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- ↑ "2010 Georgia Code :: TITLE 20 - EDUCATION :: CHAPTER 2 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION :: ARTICLE 27 - LOITERING AT OR DISRUPTING SCHOOLS :: § 20-2-1180 - Loitering upon school premises or within a school safety zone; penalty; required check in of visitors; posting signs of required check in".