Sources & Evidence on UCP Influence in Alberta Municipal Elections

Info Wanted! The UCP may have interfered in multiple municipal elections Note: This is a brand new account as my usual account is connected to social media that could connect directly back to myself. Though I plan to put my name to my comments and findings in the end, currently I am trying to avoid burning some contacts before I gather as much information as possible. The mods are aware. Hello everyone. I recently ran in my local municipal election and while speaking to another candidate I was informed of something that I feel is worth looking into. Allegedly, a mayoral candidate in my town was given the member contact list from my local UCP constituency association. He proceeded to send out a mass email to all the UCP supporters in my town with a list of who to vote for, as well as who not to vote for. Though this seems to be legal it does not sit right with me having a provincial political party putting a thumb on the scale in municipal elections. This may also be a large breech of privacy for those on these contact lists depending on how things are worded at sign up. After reaching out to some of my contacts I was informed that this is not isolated to my town but to other municipalities as well. It sounds like it has always been done by the constituency associations to keep the MLA's hands clean. With all of this, I have reached out to my local news paper and a reporter is working on a story on the subject but he needs some solid proof or people willing to speak on the record from other municipalities to show that this is a wider issue. Unfortunately my contacts are currently unable to go on the record. A call to arms! If you have heard of emails like this in your municipal election, please see if you can get a copy of it and forward it my way. If you have had a similar experience as myself, or if you have evidence of your local UCP constituency association doing similar acts regarding your municipal election please contact me! If I can get some proof together my local paper intends to run a story on the subject, and the journalist that I am in contact with has had articles get picked up by larger outlets. He is happy to keep things on background if you do not want your name out there, but he needs to verify information given. Once we have compiled enough information and he has his story ready to go I plan to reach out to other local news sources and do my best to get this out there.