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- 1 2 "Meet the Executive Team". Wyoming Secretary of State.
- ↑ Funk, Joel (9 February 2018). "Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations". Wyoming News. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
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