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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Archivo; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><b>Mary McRobinson, CA</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Zilla Slab"; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><i>Reference and Publications Unit Manager</i></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Archivo; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Archives Division, Oregon Secretary of State</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Archivo; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">(971) 701-1834|
</span><span style="font-family: Archivo; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(12, 100, 192);"><u><a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" title="mailto:mary.mcrobinson@sos.oregon.gov" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA33418c76-4d83-b77b-bb7c-541eb1262428" href="mailto:mary.mcrobinson@sos.oregon.gov">mary.mcrobinson@sos.oregon.gov</a></u></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; margin: 0in;" class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Archivo; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);">Pronouns: she/her
</span><span style="font-family: Archivo, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">| Why do
</span><span style="font-family: Archivo, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 14.6667px; color: rgb(12, 100, 192); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a style="color: rgb(12, 100, 192); margin: 0px;" data-linkindex="1" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="https://pronouns.org/what-and-why" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA24a21aff-750a-cb9c-5ef4-4f43510783c5" target="_blank" href="https://pronouns.org/what-and-why">pronouns
matter?</a></span></p>
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