Don't Let Your Vote Go Silent.

Every election, thousands of valid votes stop counting before the result is decided. It's called an exhausted vote — and it's completely avoidable.

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The Problem

Australia's voting system rewards patience and punishes shortcuts. In many elections — the Senate, most state upper houses, and more — you're only required to number a handful of boxes for your vote to count. But "counting" and "being heard" aren't the same thing.

If every candidate you numbered is elected or eliminated before the final result is settled, your ballot has nothing left to say. It's set aside. Exhausted. The count moves on without you — decided by voters who kept going when you stopped.

You didn't do anything wrong. You just weren't given the full picture.

The Fix Is Simple

Number every box. Not just the minimum. All of them.

It costs you nothing. You're never helping a candidate by ranking them last — in fact, the opposite is true: putting your least-preferred candidates at the bottom is the only way to actively work against them in the count. Stopping early doesn't protect you from "helping the wrong side" — it just hands your voice to someone else.

Coming Soon: Plan Your Vote With Confidence

We're building a free tool that takes the guesswork out of election day. Once the official ballot draw is finalised, you'll be able to find your electorate and see exactly what your ballot will look like, work through your preferences at your own pace with no pressure, and get your finished voting plan emailed to you, ready for the polling booth. We'll only email you about the ballot planner and important election dates — no spam, unsubscribe anytime.

Know Your Ballot

The rules for how many boxes you need to number — and how many you should — are different in every state and territory, and different again for federal elections. Find yours:

Your vote was never meant to run out of things to say.

Number every box. Make it count all the way to the end.