The Alberta government banned the use of electronic tabulators in municipal elections when it passed Bill 20 in May of this year. It's a method that municipalities have used for decades, saying it has saved them time and money.

Alberta Municipalities wants the province to reconsider.

A resolution to be put forward at the organization's annual convention this week in Red Deer calls for tabulators to be permitted as an option "to ensure accurate, cost-effective and timely results for Albertan voters."

St. Albert Mayor Cathy Heron, who is also president of Alberta Municipalities, told CBC Radio's Edmonton AM that she can't remember a time when St. Albert wasn't using tabulators.