An Alberta judge has ordered a separatist advocacy group to remove a publicly accessible voter database containing personal information tied to roughly 2.9 million Albertans.
Justice John Little issued the order April 30 after Elections Alberta sought urgent court intervention, alleging the voter information was distributed in breach of Alberta election law.
The list contains voter names, addresses, and voter identification dating back to last year, and was initially legally given to the pro-independence Republican Party of Alberta, according to statements made in court by Elections Alberta.
Elections Alberta told the court it believes Centurion Project, a third-party advertiser supporting Alberta independence, then got the voter records and made them accessible online. The agency said it sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Centurion Project earlier this week….