{
  "id": 15510395,
  "title": "Alberta’s referendum sees 1.3M votes cast in advance polls: elections body",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/albertas-referendum-sees-1-3m-votes-cast-in-advance-polls-elections-15510395",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-18T22:38:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
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    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12107286/alberta-referendum-advance-voting-preliminary-results/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Elections Alberta reports that 1,356,873 votes were cast through advance and special ballots between Oct. 13 and Oct. 17 for the province's referendum. This figure includes 837,791 votes from advance voting locations and 519,082 mailed-in special ballots. Out of 3,148,343 eligible electors, 43 per cent cast their ballots during the advance voting period.\n\nGlobal News reports that an Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for the outlet found seven in 10 Albertans plan to vote for Alberta to remain a province of Canada. CBC News reports that federal Liberals and Conservatives both hope to resolve questions regarding the province's place in Canada ahead of the referendum vote on Monday.",
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        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Alberta’s referendum sees 1.3M votes cast in advance polls: elections body",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/albertas-referendum-sees-1-3m-votes-cast-in-advance-polls-elections",
        "published": "2026-10-18T22:38:35.000Z"
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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."
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