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The letter states that the recipient will be asked about being contacted by someone attempting to influence participation in the investigation, and directs the recipient to get in touch with his office immediately if the contact took place.

An emailed statement attributed to United Conservative Party executive director Janice Harrington said that the party is not aware of anyone pressuring people not to participate in the investigation.

“The party would not and has not discouraged any individual from co-operating with the election commissioner as legally required. We expect laws to be enforced, and we of course expect the election commissioner to carry out his mandate,” the statement reads.

“Neither the party, the leader, nor the leader’s leadership campaign have been approached by the elections commissioner.”

In December, United Conservative MLA Wayne Anderson told Postmedia he was meeting with Elections Alberta to discuss what he described as potentially “nefarious” goings-on during the Highwood UCP nomination race, which he lost.

Anderson’s rumblings of discontent began when a recording surfaced in which UCP organizers for leadership hopeful Jeff Callaway talk about their guy running a “kamikaze” campaign on behalf of UCP leader Jason Kenney.

In the recording, they explain how Callaway would say things about leadership rival and former Wildrose boss Brian Jean — Kenney’s major rival for the top UCP job — that Kenney wouldn’t be able to say.