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This is getting tiresome.

Another day, another statement from United Conservative Party Leader Jason Kenney that has to be run through the fact-checker.

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The latest deals with Kenney’s assertion that a new NDP government bill will remove the residency requirement to vote in provincial elections.

According to Kenney, Bill 32 means residents of other provinces could simply show up in Alberta, vote, and then go back to their home province.

“NDP supporters are denying that their new election law removes the residency requirement to vote,” said Kenney in a tweet on the weekend. “Upshot: you can come to Alberta & vote the next day.”

But that’s not what Bill 32 says.

The bill does indeed remove the existing six-month residency requirement — but it doesn’t mean a resident of another province can simply show up and vote.

The law says you still have to be a resident. You have to prove that with a piece of government-issued identification. Or, with two pieces of ID authorized by the chief electoral officer (such as a utility bill in your name mailed to your Alberta address).