Elections Alberta wins injunction to remove separatist group's posted voter list

politicsApr 30, 202623486

Elections Alberta secured a court injunction ordering the Centurion Project to remove a publicly posted electors database containing personal information of registered Alberta voters. Elections Alberta called the voter file "extremely sensitive" and said it is investigating whether the information was inappropriately used or shared after the list appeared online. Centurion Project pulled its app and the posted list after the injunction, while Elections Alberta examines whether copies of the data remain elsewhere and who accessed it. The exposure of voters' names, addresses and other registration details raises privacy risks for individuals and potential threats to electoral security and campaign fairness in Alberta.

Jason Markusoff

@markusoff.bsky.social

Wiiiiild *Elections Alberta gets court injunction for separatist group to pull down its searchable voter list *Court told the list was provided by Republican Party of Alberta, an upstart separatist party *Unauthorized use of voter list: Really, really illegal! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

16045d ago

Jason Markusoff47

Last year, Elections Alberta fined David Parker and his Take Back Alberta group $120k for not disclosing the activist group's finances. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Keshav Das18

Lucky that we got notified about this breach by forever Canadian. A big thank you to @lukaszukab.bsky.social

Calgary Canuck6

From the reports I'm seeing David Parker shared this list in a way that was for all practical purposes publicly available. How many people now have copies?

Brian🇺🇦🇨🇦6

And with that list they can fake petition signatures... so .... How do we know any of this is real now?

Ace Bastone3

Man, that CBC page is a wild ride!

Heather 🇨🇦2

They might pull it down but they still have our names

James McLeod

@jamespmcleod.ca

So if I'm reading this right, they doxxed all registered Alberta voters? www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

8045d ago

JoJoFrom🇨🇦4

I’d say this is unbelievable…but it’s Alberta so yeah, it tracks (smh…what a gong-show🥺).

yyc-another-jc.bsky.social4

Straight into the maw of a foreign influence machine.

Steffani Cameron 🇨🇦2

that's my read but i'm not sure if it disclosed people's voting history, but if canvassers know...?

Michael Coyle2

Basically yes. Makes it easy to harass them, could be combined with other datasets to do fraud.

The Breakdown AB

@thebreakdownab.bsky.social

“the Republican Party of Alberta was ordered not to share any electoral list with unauthorized users. The Republican Party of Alberta was not in court Thursday morning and has not responded to requests for comment.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

6345d ago

Edwin 🇨🇦 🇬🇱9

The "Republican Party of Alberta" is a MAGA front.

Edwin 🇨🇦 🇬🇱7

Also: How did Parker manage to secure third party advertiser status for the "Centurion Project" when his TBA group has failed to comply with Elections Alberta financial disclosure orders?

Alli Marshall6

Sign the petition to ask the GoC to do *something* about clear foreign interference. Would love to see even a small % of the energy going into better conditions for big business/PE corporate robber barons go into protecting Cdn sovereignty and the citizenship rights of at least 70% of Albertans.

Scribbler's Emporium5

Someone needs to go to jail.

Travis 🇨🇦3

They won't respond. They are crooks. This has to be handled extremely strongly. Federal officials should perhaps be stepping in right away.

Lil Cin 🇨🇦2

So our information will remain in the hands of DP and the seppies???

🇨🇦Peislandergirl (she/her)2

I sure hope the RCMP become involved.

Courtney Theriault

@ctheriault.bsky.social

Edmonton Police confirm they were at the Centurion Project event to assist Elections Alberta in serving documents.

2545d ago

Holly Hoye 🇨🇦

@hollyhoye.bsky.social

No surprises here—it was the effing Republican Party of Alberta. Assholes. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

2345d ago

Canada's National Observer

@nationalobserver.com

Elections Alberta has obtained a temporary injunction against a separatist organization and political party for an app that allegedly built a database of voters drawn from the province’s list of electors.

2345d ago

Alexis ☭

@gothgf.rip

Alberta separatists put the entire province's voter database (which includes legal names and addresses—including my own) up on a searchable website. 🫠🙃

1345d ago

Luke Côté

@locutusof.bsky.social

There are a few problems. 1. They still have the list 2. Even if they were forced to give up access etc, I did political work for 25 years and, again, they’ll still have the list via duplicitous means 3. Even if Elections Alberta/courts keep finding them in violation of X, they will continue

1545d ago

Hazel B. 🇨🇦

@hab3261.bsky.social

To no ones surprise the Premier can't even say she understands the seriousness of the breach. #abpoli #ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

As details emerge about the alleged misuse of voter information, we have yet to hear an official response from the Alberta government.

Premier Danielle Smith is on a 10-day tour of Europe to promote trade and investment. This morning, she participated in a fireside discussion at Chatham House in London about energy, critical minerals, defence and technology, according to a government news release.

In response to questions about the potential misuse of voter information and privacy implications for vulnerable people, the press secretary for Alberta's justice minister referred questions to the United Conservative Party (UCP).

UCP spokesperson Dave Prisco said the party did not provide the list of electors to any unauthorized outside group or individual, and referred additional questions to Elections Alberta.

1045d ago

Kikki Planet

@kikkiplanet.bsky.social

More info on the emergency injunction granted by request of Elections Alberta against David Parker’s separatist Centurion Project. #ableg www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

1045d ago

Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦

@cricketmh.bsky.social

Forget Elections Alberta. This needs to be handled at the federal level.

1045d ago

Dr. Bast 🇨🇦

@bastsbest.bsky.social

Hey Alberta! Your daily dose of What the ACTUAL Fuck: edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

545d ago

Lindsay Brambles🇨🇦

@linzi-the-artist.bsky.social

This calls for a class action suit against the separatist party involved & the Republican Party of #Alberta. However, no doubt the Smith gov will write legislation to make this legal, given how they clearly favour the offending parties. #cdnpoli #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

645d ago

Making Lemonade and Memories

@kwadrans.ca

This is insane. An injunction isn’t enough. The damage has been done. The Stay Free Alberta referendum question should be invalidated, and a full criminal investigation should take place. Full stop. Voters should look at mounting a class action for this breach. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

645d ago

RichardJR

@electricbluesfan.bsky.social

6/9 Immediate legal action is already underway. 👉 Elections Alberta officials marched into the Edmonton Court of King's Bench on Thursday morning. Their urgent mission: seeking an injunction to force the controversial database to be pulled down.

345d ago

3 sources

cbc.caElections Alberta granted injunction to pull down electoral list posted publicly by separatist group | CBC News edmontonjournal.comElections Alberta investigating inappropriate distribution of voters' list ctvnews.caAlberta voters’ info may have been used or shared inappropriately, elections agency warns

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