{
  "id": 17117915,
  "title": "Alberta referendum saw 70.4% turnout — highest voter participation in decades",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/alberta-referendum-saw-70-4-turnout-highest-voter-participation-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T19:52:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Global News",
    "slug": "global-news",
    "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12126325/alberta-referendum-final-results/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The turnout is the highest for a provincewide vote since at least 1975, but it fell short of breaking the record of 81.8 per cent turnout seen in the 1935 general election.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Final numbers in: Alberta separation referendum turnout pegged at 70.4 per cent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/final-numbers-in-alberta-separation-referendum-turnout-pegged-at-70-4",
        "published": "2026-10-29T17:49:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "70% of eligible voters turned out for Alberta referendum question on separation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/70-of-eligible-voters-turned-out-for-alberta-referendum-question-on",
        "published": "2026-10-29T23:01:28.000Z"
      }
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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."
}