EDMONTON—By microphone and megaphone, Alberta’s political parties spent the last 28 days laying their provincial election platforms bare, proposing policies on everything from pipeline projects to child-care plans.With election day upon us, as members of the public decide which politicians will stay and who will go and candidates scramble to win over the last few undecided hearts and minds, follow the Star for updates and highlights from key ridings as the results roll in.6:30 p.m. — City of Calgary sounds alarm over robocallsCalgary city officials say they aren’t behind a series of robocalls from a group called “Tell City Hall” that is asking Calgarians how they will vote in the provincial election. Similar calls were reported in Lethbridge earlier in the day.“The city does not ask citizens about their election choices and has no affiliation with the Tell City Hall group,” read a statement from the City of Calgary on Tuesday evening.6:30 p.m. — Fox Lake polling station to stay open past 8 p.m. after Elections Alberta workers quitAt least two Elections Alberta workers quit their jobs Tuesday at a remote Fox Lake, Alta., polling station, forcing the election authority to fly in two emergency workers to the First Nation community in northern Alberta. “For whatever reason, they chose not to show up for work today,” Drew Westwater, Elections Alberta spokesperson, said. There were no details to as why the workers quit abruptly, but voters were left without a place to cast their ballots at the station’s scheduled opening time of 9 a.m. Elections Alberta wasn’t able to recruit replacement workers from the area, Westwater said, and two election officials were flown in from Fort Vermilion. The polling station opened later than scheduled as a result. Westwater said the polling station will stay open past 8 p.m. to compensate for the time lost. He added a few other polling stations will also stay ...
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