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Albertans can now find out where they'll vote for the Oct. 19 referendum as the provincial election agency has published the locations of just over 1,400 polling stations.
Get familiar with the ballot questions ahead of time, which are on the Elections Alberta website. Officials say it will help avoid confusion and delays.
A recent Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found seven in 10 Albertans plan to vote for Alberta to stay a province of Canada.
Prior to new rules released last month, Elections Alberta was allowed to provide political parties lists with full names, addresses, phone numbers and unique voter I.D. numbers.
Albertans have until Friday at midnight to apply to Elections Alberta for a special mail-in ballot, which must be returned by Oct. 16 at 5 p.m. in order to be counted.
Elections Alberta's website says those who have previously registered for a special ballot will soon start receiving their packages in the mail or they can pick them up in person.
Advance voting locations are open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. On referendum day — Oct. 19 — just over 1,400 polling stations will open.
As of Aug. 31, Elections Alberta says around 225,000 people have applied for the ballot. In the 2023 provincial election, that number was 59,589.
Elections Alberta says it will stop accepting applications as of midnight and that mail-in ballots must be returned by Oct. 16 at 5 p.m.
EDMONTON — Referendum day in Alberta is on Monday.
First Nations in Alberta are celebrating the win for the pro-Canada side in Monday's referendum but also raising concerns about a shortage of ballots in their communities.
Elections Alberta says it checks all special ballot applications against its voter registration system to exclude any fake ones, and proof of ID is also required to cast a vote.
Political scientist Lori Williams said the decision reflects the challenges Elections Alberta faces when overseeing a provincewide referendum with such high stakes.
Alberta's Opposition NDP is challenging the legality of new government rules that severely restrict the amount of voter information that can be shared with political parties.
Alberta's former top election official says there's a clause that would permit in-person mail deliveries, but the current chief electoral officer is refusing to use that power.
Elections Alberta says some ballot packages have been returned with declaration forms missing, errors or issues with I.D. — but there's still time to submit the correct info.
Forever Canadian will officially participate in the campaign as a third-party advertiser despite being registered as one with Elections Alberta since June.
Alberta voters are heading to the polls Monday to cast their ballots in a historic referendum that asks, among its 10 questions, whether to hold a second referendum on separating.
Roughly 310 advance polling stations open across Alberta Tuesday in a historic vote on the province's place in Canada.
More than half a million people have already signed up to receive their 10 ballots for the Alberta referendum in the mail, ahead of the Oct. 19 vote.
Elections Alberta says that for various reasons some locations opened late, so it cannot release unofficial results until 10 p.m. when the last polling station closes.
Elections Alberta says it received 11 times more requests for mail-in ballots and has hired thousands more workers for the referendum than it did in the last provincial election.
Smith and Elections Alberta noted the problematic ballot packages represent a small number of those that have been sent back by voters — only 1.2 per cent of around 250,000.
The Alberta referendum polls are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., after which Global News will have in-depth results coverage and analysis online and on air.
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