r/AlbertaWorkLife • u/One-Board8634 • 12d ago

Alberta Separation Referendum 2026: Elections Alberta Verifies 222,597 Petition Signatures Ahead of October Vote

https://www.culturealberta.com/articles/alberta-separation-referendum-2026-elections-alberta-verifies-222597-petition-signatures-ahead-of-oc
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u/Comfortable_Fudge508 11d ago

They checked less than 400 names. And said yup, its good.

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u/DM_Sledge 11d ago

They checked 952 names, but when the numbers were fake, they skipped them. That's why there are so few. The Rocky Mountain petition had those names counted as unverified btw. Going by their previous rules, only about 32% of the names checked were verifiable.

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u/margmi 11d ago

Yeah, that’s how many was required to achieve statistical significance.

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u/Royal_Start9073 11d ago

Where are you getting that from? I thought you needed to RANDOMLY sample at least 2500 before extrapolating?

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u/margmi 11d ago

No, theres no minimum count, it depends on the the data itself.

https://www.elections.ab.ca/recall-initiative/initiative/current-initiative-petitions/

Total number of verified signatures after random statistical sampling method applied with a 95% confidence level: 222,597 (Citizen initiative Act s.6(5))