How to Vote
Preferential voting is fantastic. It gives you the chance to say which candidate you want MOST to be your representative, all the way down to who you want least.
Preferences can help decide which candidate wins an election when no-one has a majority. They can make all the difference in a close election.
Did you know that YOU decide your preferences, not the candidates? It’s totally up to you, and you’ve got this!
Your preferences reflect YOUR values and choices. You decide your preferences by numbering the candidates on the ballot paper in order from your first choice (#1) to your last.
How-to-vote cards are suggestions to voters, not automatic allocations.
They’re often provided by political parties or groups as a guide for how they think you should rank candidates. While how-to-vote cards can be helpful to guide you, your vote is always YOUR choice, and you don’t have to follow these suggestions.
I’m fiercely independent and accountable only to the voters of Riverina.
I said I wasn’t going to do backroom preference deals about the order in which you should vote for other candidates – and I’ve stuck to my word. I think voters are capable of finding out about the values and positions of each candidate, and making their own decisions about which person they’d prefer to represent them.
So if you want #realrepresentation in Riverina, on your green House of Representatives ballot paper:
Vote 1 Jenny Rolfe
and then number every box on the ballot paper in order of YOUR preference up to #13.
Have you heard of Build A Ballot?
Not sure which candidates align with your values? Build a Ballot is a web-based tool that walks voters through a series of questions to create a personalised voting plan. It starts by asking a series of questions framed around key issues, and then creates a personalised voting plan for the House of Representatives and Senate. It also contains links to a research hub where users can look up the candidate’s website and track record for voting on policies, if they have one.