your vote be wasted? no!
if you are worried about wasting your vote, then put a 2 against your preferred party: how hard is that? when the votes are counted, the message will be clear - we are unhappy. the parties will have to listen or lose office.
your vote gets counted again if i don't get in, going to your preferred party - but you will have sent them a strong message to start listening. you can't lose!
but really, bottom line, what can i do for you? how can i compete against the party machines?
well, i wont. i will use them to our advantage. i believe that there is a very 