<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Topics tagged with electionsalbert]]></title><description><![CDATA[A list of topics that have been tagged with electionsalbert]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/tags/electionsalbert</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 23:10:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/tags/electionsalbert.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Invalid Date</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Alberta separatist group ordered to pull down list with millions of voters&#x27; personal information]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alberta has experienced a devastating data breach, resulting in the publication of personal information belonging to millions of Albertans. From the CBC, updated with latest developments, and deserves a thorough read. I include some highlights below: Alberta's leaked data involves full names, addresses, phone numbers, and electoral divisions of nearly 3 million Alberta voters, rendered into a searchable database.
As noted, Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally abused this very same list when responding to a recall petition, and was found by Elections Alberta to have violated the Election Act. Now, Elections Alberta learned that the data was provided to the Republican Party of Alberta in June 2025, and was somehow turned over to a "Centurian Project" operated by David Parker, a political operator.
This Centurian Project, apparently registered as a third-party advertiser with Elections Alberta on Apr 24, is an Alberta separatist group. Their website contained instructions on how to access the leaked data for the purpose of targeting and seeking supporters. CBC received a statement from Centurion Project, which suggest that the data has been further processed by third party.

"The Centurion Project Ltd is a company that was established to help train volunteers on how to be better citizens and to impact the political process. To be clear, the Centurion App is strictly used by volunteers to find people they personally know in a database. They are not given access to any phone numbers or emails and are encouraged only to contact and claim people they already know. We have relied on a third party to provide us with datasets for this tool. We are aware of recent allegations regarding the app’s data. We have taken action to shut down the app until we can ensure that the dataset is compliant with Alberta and federal privacy laws. We plan to fully comply with Elections Alberta’s investigation."

Canadians are aware that leaks of this nature are severe because they can be cross-referenced with other data for further state or private surveillance and/or criminal activity. Recently, Telus reported the loss of a petabyte of data, including personally identifiable information and call-centre recordings.
https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/telus-digital-cyberattack-shinyhunters/814817/
With the Americans extending FISA 702, and how separatists are associated with this data leak, there's a real danger that this exposure can and will result in lasting consequences.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/30/fisa-warrantless-spying-renewal-congress
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If anything, I disagree with the headline, and I say that the road map is absolutely in full colour with legends attached. Canadians understand that politicians are always motivated to change goal posts in their favour. Even a layperson will understand that an absolute priority is to reduce the effort it takes for a politician's voters to get them re-elected, and to ensure the process repeats in their favour over and over again.
In a farcical universe, if a politician could choose to have 1 vote count as 5000, provided they had absolute understanding of how to manipulate that 1 vote, and the world accepted this arrangement, they would choose this universe. Hence there are norms in place - voluntary by design - in the assumption that the politician would not willingly destroy personal credibility to interfere with the Process designed to build and maintain Legitimacy.
Here the UCP are indeed attacking that Process, and in turn reveal that Legitimacy does not matter to them. Danielle Smith's UCP are engaged in Institutional Combat. They are prepared to maintain and defend any system to hold power. On the other hand, the UCP will attack and destroy any system that is perceived to be a hurdle to power.

Smith has blown by political norms elsewhere, becoming the first Alberta premier to repeatedly use the notwithstanding clause, using legislation to nullify a court challenge to the referendum that separatists are pursuing, and even passing a law to make sure a former minister couldn’t name his fledgling party “Progressive Conservative.”

I would add to this list how the UCP have disarmed the Office of the Ethics Commissioner, Elections Alberta, and interfered with the Office of the Auditor General.
As hard as it may be to hear, the map charts a course to fascism.
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