Alberta separatist group ordered to remove electoral list with voters' personal data

A separatist group in Alberta posted an electors database online, containing the personal information of millions of people registered and eligible to vote in the province. Elections Alberta sought a court order to have the list removed and has been granted a temporary injunction.

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Elections Alberta won a court order on Thursday to force an Alberta separatist group to pull down a public, searchable database detailing the personal information of millions of Alberta voters.

Court heard an Elections Alberta investigation determined the electoral list was legitimately provided to the Republican Party of Alberta, a provincial party supporting Alberta independence.

Centurion Project, a pro-sovereignty group registered as a third-party advertiser in Alberta, posted the database containing the information.

The group said it has shut down the app and will fully comply with Elections Alberta’s…