{
  "id": 16781096,
  "title": "Q&A: Elections Alberta explains why the referendum took so long to count",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/q-a-elections-alberta-explains-why-the-referendum-took-so-long-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T18:32:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC Canada",
    "slug": "cbc-canada",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/elections-alberta-referendum-counting-vote-9.7398212"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Elections Alberta said more than 20 million ballots were counted in the days following the vote. That's more than any electoral event in Canadian history, including federal elections.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}