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  "id": 14626530,
  "title": "IEC faces high cost of reprinting 66% of 79 million ballots if ConCourt rules in ANC’s favour",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/iec-faces-high-cost-of-reprinting-66-of-79-million-ballots-if",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T05:40:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/elections/iec-faces-high-cost-of-reprinting-66-of-79-million-ballots/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "IEC will destroy and reprint 66% of 79 million ballots if Constitutional Court rules in ANC's favour over candidate list.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "ConCourt rules in favour of ANC’s ‘final button’ argument against IEC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/concourt-rules-in-favour-of-ancs-final-button-argument-against-iec",
        "published": "2026-10-15T08:12:33.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}