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16 stories across Alberta
Elections Alberta says voters must cast ballots at their assigned location and bring accepted identification, with recording devices and smart glasses banned inside voting places.
Sources: EverythingGP, Lethbridge News Now
Glen Resler says he was turned away when he tried to hand-deliver his special ballot to Elections Alberta in Edmonton ahead of the separation referendum's 5 p.m. deadline.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
Premier Danielle Smith marked her ballot in favour of remaining in Confederation as advance voting opened for Alberta's separation referendum, with turnout far outpacing the 2023 provincial election.
Sources: CHAT News Today, Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
Albertans began casting ballots Tuesday in a 10-question referendum that includes a vote on whether the province should remain in Canada or hold a second, binding separation vote. Elections Alberta says it is bracing for record turnout.
Sources: CHAT News Today, EverythingGP, CHAT News Today
Elections Alberta says it has hired about 44,000 of the 60,000 workers needed to hand count ballots, with results not expected until the early morning of Oct. 20.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
The ruling clears the way for the government's restricted voter list rules to stand ahead of the Oct. 19 separation referendum.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
A government lawyer told an Edmonton court that scrutineers only need to observe vote counting, not access detailed voter data, as the NDP's legal challenge over new rules proceeds.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, EverythingGP, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today
Elections Alberta says it has verified only about a third of the 652,000 mail-in ballot packages sent to voters so far, with less than two weeks remaining before the vote.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
With Elections Alberta reporting more than 652,000 mail-in ballots already sent out, First Nations organizers say they are racing to ensure treaty communities are heard on the separation question.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
A report from the Media Ecosystem Observatory finds AI tools like ChatGPT and Google AI Overview give inconsistent answers about the financial impacts of Alberta independence, as Albertans prepare to vote on 10 referendum questions.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
Party leader Naheed Nenshi and Lethbridge-West MLA Rob Miyashiro will headline a Saturday event ahead of the Oct. 19 separatist referendum.
Source: CHAT News Today
Elections Alberta says roughly 100,000 of those who requested special ballots have already voted ahead of the vote on separation and nine other questions.
Sources: rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, Lethbridge News Now, EverythingGP
The party wants a court to strike down changes that limit voter list details shared with political parties ahead of the province's referendum.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
More than 610,000 requests for mail-in ballots have been received ahead of the Oct. 19 referendum, as officials push back on viral social media claims about lax verification.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
Elections Alberta says demand for mail-in voting keeps climbing as the deadline to apply approaches this Friday.
Sources: Lethbridge News Now, rdnewsNOW, CHAT News Today, EverythingGP
With advance voting starting Oct. 13, the pro-unity group is deploying volunteers province-wide to urge Albertans to choose Option 1 on Question 10.
Sources: rdnewsNOW, Lethbridge News Now, EverythingGP, CHAT News Today