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Fact File: Checks in place to prevent non-Albertans from mailing in referendum votes
Officials said more than 610,000 special-ballot requests have been received, and applications with out-of-province addresses are manually reviewed and denied.
- Elections Alberta spokesperson Maia Hanrahan confirmed Wednesday that out-of-province mail-in ballot applications are manually reviewed and denied if invalid, after The Canadian Press tested the system.
- Online users tested the registration page to determine its security, sharing screenshots of successful submissions; Hanrahan explained the site allows initial address entry to avoid blocking legitimate applicants.
- Former chief electoral officer Lorne Gibson said Elections Alberta uses VoterLink to verify eligibility, explaining: "I tend to prefer this approach since it prevents a ballot from ever being sent to a person who is not an eligible voter in the first place."
- Officials received over 610,000 mail-in requests for the Oct 19 referendum covering 10 questions on the Constitution, with illegal voting carrying fines of up to $50,000.
- Eligible voters must maintain a "place of ordinary residence" in Alberta, according to Elections Alberta's website; Mount Royal University professor Lori Williams noted this referendum marks the first time special ballots have been made so broadly available.
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Fact File: Checks in place to prevent non-Albertans from mailing in referendum votes
EDMONTON - A viral post on the social media platform X this week shared a claim that mail-in voting for Alberta's Oct. 19 referendum is “open to anybody” without verification
·Toronto, Canada
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dailyguardian.caFact check: Can non-Albertans mail in referendum votes?
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.
·Toronto, Canada
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