Any handbill, pamphlet or card that is handed to voters at voting centres that shows how a party or candidate would like voters to fill in their ballot papers is classed as a 'how-to-vote card'.
Where can I hand out how-to-vote cards?
Any how-to-vote cards handed out within 400 metres of a voting centre when voting is taking place on election day must be registered by the VEC. They are the only form of printed electoral materials that may be lawfully distributed at voting centres on election day.
How-to-vote cards distributed at early voting centres are not required to be registered.
By law, the VEC must display registered how-to-vote cards and ensure that they represent formal votes. The VEC is not responsible for the way in which the political party, organisation or individual has directed preferences - nor whether the political party, organisation or individual has registered multiple cards for the one District or Region.
Group voting tickets inform the voter how preferences will be directed for a vote 'above the line'. That is, if the voter selects a group or party above the line on the ballot paper, the voter's preferences are deemed to follow the group voting ticket. Group voting tickets apply for the State Legislative Council (Upper House).
Registered parties or groups of candidates can lodge up to three group voting tickets with the VEC. All group voting tickets are available in every voting centre for public information.
An example of a group voting ticket for the State Legislative Council (Upper House)
To register a group voting ticket, a representative from the party or group was required to provide the VEC with a signed Lodgement of Group Voting form before 12 noon on Sunday 14 November.
Registered parties or groups of candidates can lodge up to three group voting tickets with the VEC. All group voting tickets are available in every voting centre for public information.
