How-To-Vote Cards
The picture on the left is of a how-to-vote-card issued by the ALP in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly seat of Vasse for the February 10, 2001 election.
Click here or on the picture to see an enlargement.
Note that indicating a preference for each candidate on the ballot paper is compulsory.
The ALP candidate, Ross Bromell, has given second preference to the Greens candidate and third preference to the Democrats. Pauline Hanson's One Nation is placed last.
On the right hand side of the card, the ALP has shown preferences for the Legislative Council election in the South West Region. Council electorates are multi-member, so the parties lists of candidates for voters to choose from.
The picture on the right is of a how-to-vote card issued by the ALP in the Queensland Legislative Assembly seat of Cook for the february 17, 2001 election.
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Note than Queensland uses the optional preferential system of voting where voters are not required to number each square.
In this election, the ALP simply advocated a "vote 1" policy. This is because the ALP will almost always come first or second in most electorates and its preferences will never be distributed. The ALP is more concerned about receiving the second preferences from other parties and candidates.
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