The Liberal Party's "How to Vote" card was the only one in Victoria which pointed out their Senate preferences for those who wished to vote below the line, or to see how their preferences would go if they voted in the Libs as Number 1.
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With 55 candidates fielding for Senate positions in Victoria, I think most people think to themselves (why bother?), especially if just one mistake would invalidate their ballot.I'm not absolutely sure of this, but I believe that by law party's are meant to provide a poster or how-to-vote cards at a polling booth showing their preference flow.
What I *do* know for a fact (having served as a polling official many times, then a party scrutineer) is that one mistake does not invalidate a Senate ticket. If there are 10 or more candidates (as there have been in most states for quite some time), then 90% of boxes must be numbered. The numbering must be sequential but up to 3 mistakes (ie doubling up or skipping a number) are allowed and the vote will still be partly valid - by 'partly' I mean to say that it will be distributed from the number 1 down to the first mistake. If there are more than 3 mistakes, or less than 90% filled in, then the entire vote is informal.
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