IF York MP Hugh Bayley wants more people to vote, then he should pressurise his party to adopt policies that actually appeal to and benefit the electorate.

His idea of using gimmicky trendy ways of voting ("York MP makes postal vote call," September 13), which are wide open to fraud, is a very bad idea.

David Quarrie,

Lynden Way,

Holgate,

York.

Updated: 10:39 Saturday, September 27, 2003