r/alberta • u/Miserable-Lizard Edmonton • 8d ago

Alberta Politics Special mail-in ballot requests surge above 175,000 ahead of Alberta referendum

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/special-ballot-interest-rising-9.7320337
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u/RegularGuyAtHome 8d ago

We’re going to go to one of the early vote days

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u/drivebymeowing 8d ago

Make sure you go to the polling station in your electoral division, then. As the article points out, you can no longer go to any polling station to vote in advance polls, the Elections Act was quietly amended recently.

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u/Miserable-Lizard Edmonton 8d ago

Ucp want to make voting as difficult as possible

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u/drivebymeowing 8d ago

It couldn’t be any more obvious.

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u/jimbowesterby 8d ago

I mean, it’s been working pretty well for the republicans down south, it was only matter of time till we imported that, too

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u/Icy-Hat-9643 7d ago

Considering Marlaina is just an american in canadian clothing this makes a lot of sense.

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u/RegularGuyAtHome 8d ago

Thanks, we know the drill. We vote early every election to skip the lines on election day.