Referendum Advance Voting Now Open
October 13, 2026
EDMONTON – Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer, Gordon McClure, confirms Advance Vote locations for the provincial referendum are now open across Alberta. Advance voting is available from Tuesday, October 13 to Saturday, October 17, 2026. The final day to vote in the referendum is October 19, 2026 (Election Day). Advance Voting Locations and Times During advance voting, electors can vote at any advance voting location in their electoral division. On October 19, Election Day, electors must…
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Referendum Information Updates
October 01, 2026
EDMONTON – Elections Alberta issues important referendum information updates to Albertans, including updates on special ballots, referendum voting information, and election worker recruitment. Special ballots update As of September 29, 2026: Elections Alberta received and completed processing all of the just over 658,000 special ballot applications. In total, over 652,000 were approved and sent to electors. Over 5,700 applications were rejected due to a variety of reasons, including elector ineligibility, duplicate requests, and invalid addressing…
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Referendum Information Updates
September 18, 2026
EDMONTON – Elections Alberta issues important referendum information updates to Albertans in advance of the final month before the referendum, including updates on special ballots, referendum voting information, and election worker recruitment, including a new program for hiring groups and teams. Special ballots update As of September 17, 2026: Elections Alberta has received almost 520,000 special ballot applications. Approximately 72% have been approved and sent for production and mailing. Over 330,000 have been mailed out…
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Deadline to Apply for Special Ballots Changed to September 25, 2026
September 03, 2026
EDMONTON, AB – After consulting with service providers, Elections Alberta is moving the last day to apply for a special ballot forward to September 25, 2026. This step is being taken to ensure electors can receive and return their special ballots to Elections Alberta’s Edmonton offices by mail by the legislated deadline, 5:00pm on October 16, 2026. “Elections Alberta wants to ensure that every elector who applies for a special ballot and returns their package…
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Voters Reminded of Changes to the Voting Experience as Referendum Special Ballot Mailing Begins
September 01, 2026
EDMONTON, AB – Today, Elections Alberta staff began mailing out referendum special ballot packages and Elections Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure is taking the opportunity to remind voters of changes to the voting experience due to legislative amendments made since the 2023 Provincial General Election. Elections Alberta has received approximately 225,000 special ballot requests from voters across the province ahead of the October 19, 2026, referendum. That is nearly four times the total special…
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Special Ballot Requests Now Open for October 19 Referendum
July 20, 2026
EDMONTON, AB – Online applications to Vote by Mail are now open for the October 19, 2026, Referendum. Vote by Mail, also known as a Special Ballot, is available to all eligible Alberta electors. Electors do not need to provide a reason to apply. “Vote by Mail gives Albertans the flexibility to choose a day and time that works for them to sit down and consider the referendum questions,” said Gordon McClure, Chief Electoral Officer. “With 10 questions, some electors…
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Chief Electoral Officer Issues Referendum Advertising Interpretation Bulletin
July 08, 2026
EDMONTON – Today, Alberta’s Chief Electoral Officer published a new Referendum Advertising Interpretation Bulletin. Interpretation Bulletin No. 9 Referendum Advertising is intended to provide guidance on what is and what is not referendum advertising under the Election Finances and Contributions Disclosure Act (EFCDA), and when the requirement to register as a Referendum Third Party Advertiser applied. It must be read in conjunction with the Guide for Referendum Third Party Advertisers. “In response to much confusion…
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Elections Alberta Launches Largest Recruitment Drive in Alberta’s History
June 08, 2026
EDMONTON – Today, Elections Alberta is launching the largest electoral event worker recruitment campaign in Alberta’s history and one of the largest referendum recruitment efforts ever undertaken in Canada ahead of the province’s upcoming referendum on October 19, 2026. With ten ballot questions, Elections Alberta will print 45 million ballots, far exceeding the 1.8 million ballots cast in Alberta’s 2023 provincial general election and the 19.8 million ballots cast in Canada’s 2025 federal general election….
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Important Referendum Information – May 2026
May 29, 2026
EDMONTON – “Elections Alberta recognizes Albertans’ deep interest in the upcoming referendum and will be providing important information on our website over the next weeks and months leading up to October 19, 2026,” said Chief Electoral Officer Gordon McClure. “Elections Alberta is your trusted, non-partisan source for the facts about how provincial referendums are run, what safeguards are in place, and the results of electoral events in Alberta. We encourage all Albertans to take the…
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