FOR the past 20 years I have been one of those mugs standing out the front of a polling booth handing out how to vote cards. I have done this for independents, Labor and Liberal and the call of "save the trees" is used as a very common statement as people chose not to take a how to vote card.
A clear majority of people do not take the paper and I never see people stand and look at any of the posters along the way. Most people look straight ahead for fear of having to engage someone at the entrance.
