how-to-vote card

Definitions

An informational card or leaflet published by a political party and distributed to the general public, usually near voting booths during election time, to indicate how to vote for a particular party.

Australia

Examples

“Outside polling places supporters of candidates and parties hand out how-to-vote cards to electors.”

“The practice whereby the parties make⟳ strategic decisions on how they advise⟳ their voters to order⟳ their preferences via the how-to-vote card is known as directing preferences. The crucial point⟳, however, is that how-to-vote cards are advisory only[…].”

“The Queensland Nationals agreed to put⟳ One Nation last⟳ on their Senate how-to-vote card, a decision that endangered its second candidate on the ticket, O′Chee.”

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