Dear editor,About once a month, voters in most constituencies across the land receive a flyer from their member of Parliament.The one from our Conservative MP doesn't discuss parliamentary issues, rather it extols how the Conservative government is standing up for us citizens. Half of the single-sheet flyer is a detachable return form, resembling a ballot. There is never any space to express an original thought to our MP. Instead, we are quizzed 鈥淲ho is on the right track?鈥� with check-box choices: Greens, Conservatives, NDP or Liberals.Anyone who checks a box and fills in name and address as requested, and mails it postage-free to the Government Caucus Services has disclosed his or her political preference to the Conservative Party machine.Where does this information go? Into a Conservative Party voter database perhaps?Identifying supporters in order to get out the vote is a natural priority for all parties. The Conservatives have found a way to do this at taxpayer expense.No laws are broken by this 鈥� unless this information is used to commit fraud by voter suppression of those who might vote for another party.In closely fought constituencies, a few dozen or few hundred votes may separate the top candidates. One has only to misdirect that many voters to non-existent polling stations in order to win the election.I wonder how many of those 31,000 voters who were misled in the May 2 federal election completed such a survey, and indicated a preference for some other party?Chris Aikman,Comox
