Albertans are voting today on whether to proceed toward a future referendum on separation from Canada, as well as whether to seek greater provincial powers and constitutional reforms from Ottawa.
Preliminary numbers from Elections Alberta indicate more than 1.3 million citizens have already voted. The official count from Elections Alberta shows 1,356,873 total votes were recorded between Oct. 13 and Oct. 17 through advance and special ballots. There are 3,148,343 eligible voters in Alberta.
Albertans heading to the polls today to vote in the referendum will answer 10 questions about the province’s future.
The question on separation asks whether residents want to begin the legal process required to hold a second, binding referendum on independence….