Elections Alberta disqualifies 13 candidates from next vote

Thirteen people who ran in the last provincial election won't be running in the next one because they havebeen declared ineligible for not following all the rules.

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Seven people who ran for the Liberals last year, four independents, oneAlberta Party candidate,and one Wildrose Party candidate cannot be on the ballot in the next election, according to Elections Alberta.

The people on the list havebeen declared ineligible to run for up to eight years because they either failed to file required paperwork on time, or didn't file at all.

Alberta's deputy chief electoral officer, Drew Westwater, says 14 other people who acted as chief financial officers (CFOs)for candidates have also been sanctioned for filing late or failing to file papers.

"The CFOs are also prohibited from being nominated as candidates if they had ambitions to do that at a future date as well," he said, later adding they are barred from acting as CFOs during the sanction period as well.

Westwater says 12candidates and 12 CFOswere declared ineligible after the 2012 election for the same reasons.

More than 60 people are currently on the Elections Alberta list of people who cannot run because of their actions in past elections.