Australians will soon head to the polls to elect the 48th Parliament of Australia. Source: AAP / Bianca De Marchi. ... The Senate ballot paper in particular is quite complicated.

How do I fill in my ballot paper? What happens if I draw pictures on it? Can I number every box?With yet another state ...

A green ballot paper is for selecting representatives for the House of Representatives. On this paper, voters must rank all the candidates running in their constituency in order of preference.

You can also ask one of the staff at the polling booth for a new ballot paper if you make a mistake. Getting it wrong is probably more common than you think.In some electorates, as many as one in ...

Use the ballot paper to rank the candidates in this election. Cultural information: As one of the world’s oldest democracies, Australia uses a voting system called ‘preferential voting’.

The AEC staff will take the ballot paper with the mistake and give you a new ballot paper. AEC workers sort through absentee ballot papers in 2016. Picture: AFP.

In Australia, we choose our candidates based on our “preferences”, from highest to lowest. ... The AEC staff will take the ballot paper with the mistake and give you a new ballot paper.

Defeated Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian has petitioned the High Court to re-examine “a small number” of disputed ballot ...

Australia has more than 500 early voting centres, which opened on April 22 and will close on Friday, ... A green ballot paper is for selecting representatives for the House of Representatives.