{
  "id": 16974631,
  "title": "How the Associated Press tracks and calls races on Election Night",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/how-the-associated-press-tracks-and-calls-races-on-election-night",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T22:20:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PBS NewsHour",
    "slug": "pbs-newshour",
    "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-the-associated-press-tracks-and-calls-races-on-election-night"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nearly 40 million votes have already been cast for races that will determine not only who controls Congress, but also governors, mayors and city councils. For many years, PBS News has relied on the Associated Press to keep track of results, and we will again next Tuesday. Deema Zein takes a closer look at how the AP counts the vote.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}