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  "id": 17996673,
  "title": "From the 1845 law to midnight votes, 15 facts about how Election Day works",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/from-the-1845-law-to-midnight-votes-15-facts-about-how-election-day",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T17:04:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/why-americans-vote-on-tuesday"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The reason Americans vote on a Tuesday goes back to an 1845 law and a farm calendar, and 15 slides trace the history through ballots, amendments and traditions",
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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."
}