How-to-vote cards are a crucial part of Australian elections.
Because voting is compulsory and because compulsory preferential voting is used in Federal and some State elections, political parties and candidates distribute how-to-vote cards at polling booths in order to boost their chances of winning.
Deals between parties and candidates – exchanging preferences – means that how-to-vote cards have the ability to affect the outcome of elections.
- First how-to-vote card of the 2016 Federal Election: Cowper-ALP
- The Importance of How-to-Vote Cards
- 2011: Do Australians follow How-to-Vote Cards? – Antony Green
Archived Posts
- Jun 15, 2016: Marriage Equality – Victorian Senate How-To-Vote Card
- Jun 14, 2016: Family First: Victorian How-To-Vote Card
- Jun 14, 2016: Australian Christians: Victorian How-To-Vote Card
- Jun 14, 2016: Sex Party – Victorian Senate How-To-Vote Card
- Jun 14, 2016: ALP Victoria: Statewide How-To-Vote Guide
- Jun 12, 2016: ALP – Cowper (NSW) How-To-Vote Card
- Jun 12, 2016: Election Gets Willing As Preference Deals Announced; Turnbull Says Libs Will Put Greens Last
- Mar 13, 2016: John Forrest (Nat-Mallee) 1993 How-To-Vote Card
- Nov 21, 2013: Queensland To Introduce Voter ID Law, Increase Funding Threshold, Allow Unlimited Donations
- Feb 24, 2013: Joan Child, First Female ALP Member Of House, First Female Speaker, Dies, 91
- Aug 20, 2010: ALP How-To-Vote Cards – 2010 Federal Election
- Oct 08, 2004: Senator Len Harris – One Nation How-To-Vote
- Nov 10, 2001: Senator Bob Brown (Greens-Tas) Bass How-To-Vote Card 2001
- May 15, 2001: Pictures Of How-To-Vote Cards
- May 01, 2001: The Importance Of How-To-Vote Cards
- Feb 17, 2001: Queensland ALP How-To-Vote Cards: 2001 State Election
- Aug 01, 2000: Making The Bastards Honest: Democrats’ Accountability Package
- Oct 03, 1998: ALP How-To-Vote Cards For The 1998 Federal Election
- Dec 13, 1997: Tony Robinson (ALP-Mitcham) 1997 By-Election How-To-Vote Card
- Mar 02, 1996: Clyde Holding (ALP-Melbourne Ports) How-To-Vote Card 1996
- Mar 13, 1993: Andrew Peacock (Liberal-Kooyong) How-To-Vote Card
- Mar 24, 1990: Ballot Paper: Higgins 1990
- Jul 13, 1978: Alan Jones – Earlwood – NSW Liberal HTV
- Dec 09, 1977: National Party – Richmond (NSW) Doug Anthony How-To-Vote Card
