Pauline Hanson's One Nation party has been considered the wildcard in Western Australia's election.
But thanks to a preference deal among a record number of minor parties in the upper house, there is a chance a ragtag group of parties will hold the state's balance of the power.
And their demands for giving the government their vote may mean the state putting its clocks forward an hour, drinking water without fluoride and reshaping Australian democracy.
John Watt is one of the candidates of the Fluoride Free WA Party.
"It didn't occur to us that it was a possibility that we might get somebody elected. (Reporter: It was more about trying to get that …) It was more about getting the message across to voters that fluoride, the fluoride that's in our water, is not naturally occurring, it's an industrial waste product."
The party wanted to use the ballot paper as cheap advertising to sell its fluoride-free message.
Then the so-called preference whisperer, Glenn Druery, came knocking.
Glenn Druery helped the Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party win a federal Senate seat at the 2013 election with about half a percentage point of the primary vote.
He thinks up to three of the micro parties could get candidates elected after the majority agreed to preference each other.
"A couple of the parties gave me a call, and I gave a couple of the others a call, put them together in the one room, and we talked about strategy. And, after all, without a clear and defined smart strategy, minor parties and independents will never win against the major parties. Let's not forget that the major parties have effectively rigged the system to keep the little guy out. And what I've shown minor parties is a way to move forward."
The Daylight Savings Party says it would get daylight saving introduced despite a 2009 referendum showing most West Australians do not want it.
But Wilson Tucker, one of the candidates, says the party would not just be a "one trick pony."
"So we're promoting daylight saving, but, also, we're aligned with issues that are aligned with daylight saving. So, lifestyle, outdoor, family, recreation and the environment, they're all issues that daylight saving touches on. And that's what we'll be discussing as part of the crossbench when we're successful."
Or West Australians who do not like the major parties may find themselves inadvertently putting in a candidate who believes Australia's democracy needs a major overhaul.
A party called "Flux the System!" wants to use technology to let people vote on legislation directly.
Financial planner Alex Brownbill is one of the party's candidates.
"Instead of us voting politicians in once every four years and then allowing them to debate and decide on policy that they may not know particularly much about or they may have particular allegiances, they may be lobbied by particular groups who want them to vote a particular way, this system allows people on every issue that they care about to truly have their say because it's what's important to them."
Critics, including Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, argue people like Glenn Druery are rigging the system to the advantage of specific interests.
He argues he is playing the major parties at their own game.
"The big guys don't want the little guys coming in on their turf, there's no doubt about it. But make no mistake, the little guys are coming. The primary vote for minor parties has been steadily increasing over many electoral terms. And we could see up to 30 per cent-plus of the voters in Western Australia vote for parties other than the majors at this election. And let's hope that that translates into real seats and real bums on that red leather after March 11th."
Political analyst William Bowe says the rise of the micro parties could hurt One Nation's and the Nationals' chances in the Legislative Council.
He says it could give Labor - the favourite to take over government from the Liberal-National coalition - a more friendly upper house.
"There's a bigger mix of possibilities for them to cobble together the numbers to get difficult legislation through. So Labor can never really hope, I don't think, for a situation that they probably yearn for in most other contexts, where at least they've got the Greens with the balance of power. That's extremely difficult to achieve in Western Australia. So, you know, if they've got a couple of people, whoever they are - you know, Daylight Savings Party may be holding the balance of power there - I think they'd take that."
