Elections Alberta granted injunction for separatist group to pull down electoral list
Posted on: Apr 30, 2026 22:45 IST | Posted by: Cbc
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I was in the courtroom this morning when the application for a temporary injunction was heard and granted.
A lawyer for Elections Alberta told the court that the urgency of the situation "crystalized" last night when reporters began asking questions about the electoral list being shared in a searchable database created by an Alberta pro-separatist group.
Court heard that everyone who logged into the separatist database is an "unauthorized user" and there is concern that public attention on the situation will drive more traffic to the database.
"Elections Alberta is taking every possible action to determine if this has taken place and, if so, to protect and recover the information."
Elections Alberta is an independent, non-partisan office of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta responsible for administering provincial elections, byelections and referendums.
Elections Alberta announced earlier today it became aware of an alleged misuse of an "extremely sensitive" electors database containing the personal information of millions of Albertans who are registered and eligible to vote in provincial elections.
The agency said the list includes first names, middle names, surnames, addresses, postal codes, telephone numbers, unique identifier numbers, electoral divisions and voting areas.
Elections Alberta said there was no breach of its databases or systems. The list can be obtained by registered political parties, MLAs, candidates, election officers and constituency associations, for purposes outlined in legislation.
The agency went to court this morning to seek a temporary injunction for the database to be taken down, which was granted after a brief court hearing.
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