{
  "id": 16145313,
  "title": "How we mark our ballot can affect how we feel about voting. Here's why",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/how-we-mark-our-ballot-can-affect-how-we-feel-about-voting-heres-why",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-23T03:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-ballot-affect-voting.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Have you ever left a polling place feeling that your mark on the ballot didn't quite say what you wanted it to? Perhaps you liked two candidates but had to drop one, or backed the one who might actually win over the one you preferred.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}