Lime Cordiale join It Takes 3 campaign to encourage support of independents, stop donkey votes

Australian pop rock stars Lime Cordiale have joined a new campaign to discourage youth voters from drawing “cartoon genitals” on their ballot papers.

Australian pop rock stars Lime Cordiale have joined the It Takes 3 campaign to encourage support of independent candidates standing on climate action – and discourage youth voters from drawing “cartoon genitals” on their ballot papers.

In an hilarious video posted to Instagram on Thursday, brothers Oli and Louis Lembach said voters could “make a big difference” with their vote in addition to converting to solar power, composting and having cold showers.

“Or no showers at all; I’m doing dry 2022,” Louis jokes.

While the focus of the campaign featuring artists, activists and environmentalists is to focus on electing independent candidates to advocate for bold climate action, the Lime Cordiale video also addresses the rate of informal or donkey votes which rose to 5.5 per cent in the House Of Representatives ballots in the 2019 election from 5 per cent in 2016.

Australian brothers Lime Cordiale, aka Louis and Oli and Leimbach. Picture: Adam Head

Louis references the trend of people lodging protest votes by drawing genitals on the ballot paper.

“I’m pro sustainable living and I usually draw organic veggies on my ballot paper, like, you know a gherkin and two potatoes,” he says.

“I’ve seen other people do it.”

Oli points out the drawings are in fact “d**ks, Louis; they’re drawing d**ks.”

The pair then tell fans they don’t need to be “political experts” for their vote to count at the election.

“We just need to do two things. One, don’t draw cartoon genitals on your ballot paper,” Oli says.

“And two, if we vote in just three independent with a strong platform on climate change, we can sway government decisions. And that’s game-changing.”