How the ballot is structured encourages particular strategies of elect
oral choice. One philosophy is to de-emphasize party by listing candid
ates alphabetically. Ireland's single transferable vote ballot takes t
his form. This encourages voters to express support for candidates of
more than one party. Malta and Australia also use the single transfera
ble vote, but the ballot groups candidates by party. The result is far
fewer vote transfers between parties than is typical in Ireland.