Step 1: Choose your State from the dropdown in Options, this will make sure you're looking at the right Senate Ballot Paper!

Step 2: Place yourself on the Vote Compass. If you're unsure of where to place yourself, click near your favourite party, or find out where you sit at ABC's vote compass.

Step 3: Double click on any parties you don't want to preference at all on the Vote Compass. You can always add them back later if you've made a mistake!

Step 4: Choose which party types you wish to automatically add to your How-To-Vote, either Major parties, Minor parties or Both. Don't worry, you can change these later! This is just to get you started!

Step 5: Click on Calculate Party Order to add parties to your Parties Selected.

Step 6: Manually move the parties around until you are satisfied with the order. You can click-and-drag between the two lists, or double-click to swap lists.

Step 7: Choose whether you want an Above The Line How-To-Vote (unchecking all the boxes), A Below The Line How-To-Vote, or one of the more exotic Tactical Voting Options. Further details can be found below the checkboxes.

Step 8: Click Download Ballot PDF to download a printable How-To-Vote card that you can take to the polling booth, or use to help you fill out your postal vote at home!

This is a best efforts attempt to locate the parties on the VoteCompass, if I have made any errors please let me know by emailing me at:

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I am not receiving payment or benefit for this calculator, I am just trying to help people figure out a complicated system. If you want further information about the parties please have a look at this Guardian Article which has further information about the smaller parties.