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Alberta to rework rules for petitions, elections, and referendums

Alberta’s government is proposing sweeping changes to the province’s election, referendum and citizen-initiative laws, introducing higher nomination thresholds.

Isaac Lamoureux, True North
Dec 04, 2025
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Alberta’s government is proposing sweeping changes to the province’s election, referendum and citizen-initiative laws, introducing higher nomination thresholds, stricter party-naming rules and a major restructuring of how initiative petitions and constitutional questions are reviewed.

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