As Alberta referendum nears, seeds to dispute results planted online: report

An online user claimed on social media that Alberta residents who are not Canadian citizens can falsely declare their citizenship at polling stations and vote in the Oct. 19 referendum. Elections Alberta responded by stating that they check applicants' information against the province's voter list, and lying about citizenship is an offence. One expert noted that the voter list contains citizenship status pulled from a national database.

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