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Independent MLA Prab Gill is asking the RCMP to investigate after making allegations of voter fraud during the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership campaign.

Gill, a former UCP MLA, says that thousands of fake votes were cast for UCP Leader Jason Kenney after Kenney’s campaign team created “fraudulent email addresses.”

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None of Gill’s allegations have been proven and the RCMP has not indicated whether they will investigate the matter.

“At the time I thought all of this was only cheating and dirty politics,” Gill wrote in a Feb. 11 letter sent to RCMP Deputy Commissioner Curtis Zablocki.

The RCMP confirmed receipt of the letter Wednesday.

“We’ve been in contact with the office of the Alberta elections commissioner,” said RCMP spokesman Fraser Logan, adding he won’t comment further.

UCP executive director Janice Harrington said Wednesday that significant safeguards were put in place to avoid voter fraud and that the party used a private contractor with advanced technology.