The Pirate Bay is the world'smosthighprofile file-sharingwebsite and was set up in 2003 by anti-copyrightorganisation Piratbyran, but for the last five years it has been run by individuals.
Mr Payne, whose organisation represents rank-and-file officers, said it was a positive thing "that we have two independent candidates who seem to agree with each other".
An organisation that usually pays close attention to the views of its rank and file, the club took its decision to support the draining of Lake Powell after an appeal from the elderly Mr Brower, something of a legend in environmental circles.