{
  "id": 17931272,
  "title": "Special votes day 2: IEC warns voters against photographing marked ballots, hopes for smooth process",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/special-votes-day-2-iec-warns-voters-against-photographing-marked",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T07:50:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/news/politics/2026-11-03-special-votes-day-2-iec-warns-voters-against-photographing-marked-ballots-hopes-for-smooth-process/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Despite the setbacks in the Western Cape, the IEC reported that 780,000 people had successfully cast special votes at polling stations nationwide.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "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."
}