how-to-vote card

English

A how-to-vote card for Western Australian secessionists in a 1933 ballot

Alternative forms

• how to vote card

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

how-to-vote card (plural how-to-vote cards)

1. (Australia) 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.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) HTV card

   • 1984, Bron Stevens, Elections: How? Why? When?‎^[1], page 70:

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

   • 2010, Nick Economou, Zareh Ghazarian, Australian Politics For Dummies, unnumbered page:

     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 […] .

   • 2010, Paul Davey, Ninety Not Out: The Nationals, 1920-2010‎^[2], page 312:

     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.