Kooyong independent candidate Monique Ryan’s decision not to allocate preferences on her how-to-vote cards is leading to invalid votes. auspol ausvotes kooyongvotes
Kooyong independent candidate Monique Ryan’s decision not to allocate preferences on her how-to-vote cards is leading to invalid votes, prompting fears the confusion could hurt her chances of snatching the seat from Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
Ballot papers that do not have a number in every box are not counted, and a spokesman for Ryan has implored Kooyong locals to check each box to ensure their ballots are counted. While Ryan’s how-to-vote cards do not mark each box, they do include a message – written in red and marked as “IMPORTANT” – reminding voters to allocate preferences. But some voters seem to be absorbing the voting cards visually and missing the written message.
“Independents really need to take account of his. They need to make it extremely clear that voters must number all the squares,” he said.they heard voters indicate they voted for Ryan without marking any other boxes. One campaigner said it was difficult to gauge how many people were making the error because some might not have realised they had lodged an invalid vote.
Zoe Daniel, journalist turned independent candidate for Goldstein in Melbourne’s south-east, said her volunteers were reminding people to fill in every square. “They appear to have got the message,” she said in a written statement.
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