The Liberal National Party has lost a second last-minute legal bid against its political rivals in Queensland.
But it has had one small victory, successfully barring an independent from handing out how-to-vote cards in Redlands.
The party issued a statement on Saturday morning saying the LNP was seeking a court injunction to prevent the ALP using certain material at polling booths.
The white, purple and black signs tell voters to remember to "number every square" and don't carry any clear ALP insignia.
This statement is "misleading electors in relation to the way of voting at the election", according to the LNP.
The colour scheme and overall look of the signs also made them look like an official directive, a party spokesperson explained.
But the Supreme Court disagreed and said the signs were unlikely to deceive voters.
The party also launched a legal attack against activist group GetUp in relation to how-to-vote cards the group had been handing out.
The cards directs voters how best to fill out their ballots to protect the Great Barrier Reef, a GetUp statement said.
The court also knocked back this application, finding there was "no serious question to be tried".
GetUp's Queensland campaign manager Tristan Douglas had said the move was a "cynical ploy to silence critics" and smacked of desperation.
But the LNP did manage to stop Redlands independent Sheena Hewlett doling out her published material.
"So the LNP went to court this morning and stopped my how to votes from being handed out. Nothing like bullying the Independent," she posted on her official Facebook page.
That bid was successful because Ms Hewlett hadn't registered her material by the Wednesday deadline, an LNP spokesperson said.
The LNP has adopted a "Just Vote 1" slogan for this state election.
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