New for 2025 Municipal Election
Ahead of the 2025 municipal elections, Alberta’s government has developed corresponding regulations with the following changes:
- expands the use of special ballots in local elections
- prohibits the use of automated voting equipment, including electronic tabulators
- clarifies the rules and processes for scrutineers
- allows municipalities to require criminal record checks for local candidates
- limits vouching to the ability to vouch for someone’s address
- requires municipalities, including the Town of Rocky Mountain House, to use the most current provincial register of electors from Elections Alberta to ensure voter eligibility