Alberta court allows Elections Alberta to start verifying signatures

By David Boles, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, St. Albert Gazette The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that the province’s non-partisan elections body can start verifying signatures on the Stay Free Alberta petition. Justice Alice Woolley’s decision, released on June 29th, grants a partial stay to Elections Alberta to start verifying signatures on the Stay Free Alberta petition, which was signed by proponents of Alberta independence. Woolley’s decision notes Mitch Sylvestre, who spearheaded the petition, would sustain “irreparable harm” if signature verification didn’t begin until the …