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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA SAMPLE BALLOT COUNTY OF RAPPAHANNOCK GENERAL ELECTION
Tuesday, November 6,1962 For the House of Representatives in Congress From the Seventh District (Vote for One)
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