{"id":816265,"date":"2026-07-21T11:43:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816265\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T11:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:43:43","slug":"special-mail-in-ballot-applications-open-for-alberta-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816265\/","title":{"rendered":"Special mail-in ballot applications open for Alberta referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Online applications to vote by mail in the upcoming Alberta referendum are now open until Oct. 9.<\/p>\n

The province is putting 10 questions on the Oct. 19 ballot, including immigration<\/a> and Constitution-related questions, and one on whether Alberta should hold a second, binding referendum on separation.<\/p>\n

Also known as a special ballot, the option to vote by mail is available to all eligible Alberta electors, according to Elections Alberta. That includes students studying away from home and anyone who will not be available during the advance voting period or on election day.<\/p>\n

\u201cVote by mail gives Albertans the flexibility to choose a day and time that works for them to sit down and consider the referendum questions,\u201d said Gordon McClure, chief electoral officer, in a news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith ten questions, some electors may want extra time to review the questions and voting by mail lets them do that on their own schedule.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n

People can secure a special ballot by completing an online form<\/a> on Elections Alberta’s website, by email, or by\u00a0contacting the returning office for their electoral division starting Sept. 21. <\/p>\n

Once a special ballot application is received, Elections Alberta says a package will be mailed to the address provided by the elector, which will include a prepaid return envelope. Those will be sent out beginning Sept. 1.<\/p>\n

Elections Alberta must receive special ballot packages by mail before 5 p.m. on Oct. 16. <\/p>\n

Advance voting days run from Oct. 13-17. <\/p>\n

Voting locations on Oct. 19 will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-816265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}