The Arbuthnott Commission included in their report an example of a ballot paper used in New Zealand for their mixed member wards (very similar to the Scottish regional and constituency model). The Commission comment, in their report:
In mixed member systems it is the list vote, not the constituency one, which is key to deciding the overall share of seats in the Parliament and the election of the government. This is reflected in the design of the New Zealand ballot paper, which puts both votes on one paper, with the party list vote given primacy. The voter is also helpfully informed that “This vote decides the share of the seats which each of the parties listed below will have in Parliament.”
It is interesting to compare the amount of detail on the New Zealand version compared with a mock-up of the one actually used on Thursday in Scotland:
