roughbarked said:

diddly-squat said:

roughbarked said:

Apparently, as long as all the other candidates are numbered correctly and one is left blank, this candidate will be considered as last preference and the vote is classed as formal.

I’m not sure that is true – it was my understanding that in federal elections (at last), all boxes must be numbered for a vote to be considered formal.

Ref: https://www.aec.gov.au/Voting/How_to_vote/Voting_HOR.htm