{
  "id": 17752959,
  "title": "2.6 million special voters: IEC ready as two-day voting kicks off",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/2-6-million-special-voters-iec-ready-as-two-day-voting-kicks-off",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T05:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/26-million-special-voters-iec-ready-as-two-day-voting-kicks-off/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than 2.6 million South Africans are approved to cast special votes on November 2 and 3 as the IEC deploys 127,000 officials and warns against intimidation ahead of Wednesday's local government elections.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "IEC urges voters to check if special vote applications is approved",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/iec-urges-voters-to-check-if-special-vote-applications-is-approved",
        "published": "2026-11-02T06:38:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}