History Forum / General / British History / June 2008

> The Canadian government captures data on our tax forms and uses them to
> maintain the voters' list, but they also pass those data on to the
> registered political parties. The parties use them to plan campaigns,
> recruit, and beg for money. The tax form allows one to opt out, but your
> name will consequently not appear on the voters' list. I opt out to avoid
> compromising my non-partisan status at the House, so every election I have
> to prove my right to vote with my passport and driver's licence.