Elections Alberta has received nearly 520,000 applications for special ballots ahead of the Oct. 19 referendum, with more than 330,000 ballots already mailed to voters.
Of those special ballot packages that were mailed out, 24,000 have been completed, returned, and approved by Elections Alberta, the agency said.
Elections Alberta said that a production issue caused 313 special ballot packages to be sent out with their ballots missing, and those who received the affected packages have been issued replacements.
Separately, issues with addressing, typos, and other errors in electors’ applications have delayed approval of approximately 7,200 applications, it said, adding that it is working on correcting the issues….