{
  "id": 17230910,
  "title": "Nominations of 1,115 EC poll candidates deemed valid",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/nominations-of-1-115-ec-poll-candidates-deemed-valid-17230910",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T12:47:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTHK News",
    "slug": "rthk-news",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1875988-20261030.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Registration and Electoral Affairs said on Friday that the nominations of 1,115 candidates running for the Election Committee Subsector Ordinary Elections next month are deemed valid. Of those, 856 will compete for 723 seats across 31 subsectors. The remaining 259 candidates are returned uncontested in five other subsectors. The Electoral Affairs Commission will hold a briefing session for…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}