Academy to Eliminate Paper Balloting at Next Year’s Oscars
This year’s Oscars will be the last year that members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be able to cast their votes by paper, a spokesperson for the Academy has informed TheWrap.
Since 2012, the Academy has been transitioning to an online balloting process for the Oscars, but has left paper ballots available as an option for members who request it. But after the final Oscar voting period next week, the voting process will be digital only. To help ease members into this process, the Academy will introduce the online-only balloting system this spring during elections for its board of governors.