Donkey votes

For the benefit of overseas visitors to this blog, Australia has a preferential voting system at all elections and it's compulsory.
You have to cast a vote for every candidate in order of preference by nunbering every square on your ballot paper.
Every political party hands out How to Vote cards with their preferred order of candidates.
It's supposed to be fairer than first past the post. But it means someone who doesn't get the most first preference votes can still squeeze through if they get enough preferences from other candidates.
Some ballot papers show the person voting cast their votes in numerical order from top to bottom. That's called a donkey vote.
But I never thought I'd see it so literally!