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      "note": "Global Election Index's copy of the count. The authority's own page (resolution_sources) is the primary source; use this when it cannot be read."
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      "note": "The Speaker proposes a candidate; four rejected proposals in a row trigger an extra election. A government market needs a deadline at least the longest precedent out, and the ask must come after that deadline."
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        "licence": "Not protected: decision of a Swedish public authority (upphovsrättslagen 1960:729, 9 § first paragraph point 2: 'Upphovsrätt gäller inte till ... beslut av myndigheter'; applied to catalogues and tables by 49 § third paragraph)",
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