The signature collection period for a referendum on Alberta leaving Canada officially ended May 4, weeks after organizers said they had secured the required 177,732 signatures.
The last day for Alberta separatists to gather petition signatures that could trigger a referendum on pulling the province out of Confederation was on May 2, but because that day fell on a weekend, they had until May 4 to provide the paperwork to Elections Alberta.
The deadline comes as Elections Canada obtained a court injunction that forced a separatist group, the Centurion Project, to shut down an online database that included personal information of millions of Albertans. Elections Alberta found the voter data came from information that was legitimately obtained by the Republican Party of Alberta….