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Albertans can vote in a 10-question referendum starting Tuesday
Albertans can begin voting in person on Tuesday in a provincial referendum with 10 questions.
The questions cover immigration policy, constitutional reform and whether Alberta should remain in Canada or hold a binding second referendum on leaving.
Advance voting runs Tuesday through Saturday, from 9 a.m.
to 8 p.m., at more than 300 locations.
On Oct.
19, referendum day, just over 1,400 polling stations will open.
Voters will receive 10 separate ballots and may answer some, all or none of the questions.
They need identification showing their name and current address, and must vote in their electoral division during advance voting or at their assigned location on referendum day.
Officials expect 80 to 85 per cent of Alberta’s nearly three million electors to vote.
Hand-counted results on the separation question are expected to start coming out after polls close on Oct.
19, with results on the other nine questions expected by Wednesday.
Albertans can begin voting in person in a 10-question provincial referendum on Tuesday.
The questions cover immigration policy, constitutional reform and whether Alberta should remain in Canada or hold a binding second referendum on leaving.
Advance voting stations will be open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Referendum day is Oct. 19, when just over 1,400 polling stations will open.
Election officials expect 80 to 85 per cent turnout among Alberta’s nearly three million electors.
- Who
- Eligible Alberta voters, including Canadian citizens aged at least 18 who normally reside in Alberta.
- What
- A 10-question referendum covering immigration policy, constitutional reform and Alberta’s future in Canada.
- When
- Advance voting starts Tuesday; referendum day is Oct. 19, 2026.
- Where
- At more than 300 advance voting stations across Alberta and at assigned polling locations on referendum day.
- Why
- The referendum asks voters about immigration policy, constitutional reform and whether Alberta should remain in Canada or hold a binding second referendum on leaving.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
they’re expecting a record turnout, between 80 and 85 per cent of Alberta’s nearly three million electors.
Advance voting locations are open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Just over 1,400 polling stations will open for referendum day.
Officials expect to begin releasing early results after counting the separation question first.
Officials expect to announce the final count for the separation question.
Results of the other nine questions should be completed and announced.
- Referendum questions
- 10
- Advance voting stations
- More than 300
- Referendum-day polling stations
- Just over 1,400
- Expected turnout
- 80 to 85 per cent of Alberta’s nearly three million electors
- Vote-count deadline
- By law, ballots must be counted by hand within 48 hours
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