Re: AMPAS moves to Electronic Voting
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:24 am
Will electronic voting be used only for the final ballots or for the nominating ballots, as well?
Does this type of system allow voters to change their votes if they change their minds before the final cutoff time? Unlike a postal ballot which is "final" would revisions be permissible? Should they be?
Since a computer could calculate nominees and winners instantly, the normal 7-10 day lagtime between when ballots must be received and nominees announced or the Oscar show itself could be cut down to a mere day, as there would be no more time consuming hand counting, double-checking, envelope sorting and membership crosschecking.
If AMPAS's goal is to move the Oscar show to January then this makes logistical sense.
Take this year for example.
You could have the Oscars on Sunday, January 29th...perfect for the football off-week before the Super Bowl.
Announce the nominees on Tuesday, January 10th...the electronic voting deadline could be the day before (Monday the 9th). This is only 5 days earlier than the actual 2012 voting cutoff date of Friday, Jan. 13th.
The final voting cutoff date could be the Saturday (Jan 28th) before the show.
There is still plenty of time for actors to plug their movies on the talk shows and three weekends for filmgoers to sample the nominees in theaters before the show.
The Globes and the SAGs could still go on in January a week or two earlier than they do now.
Does this type of system allow voters to change their votes if they change their minds before the final cutoff time? Unlike a postal ballot which is "final" would revisions be permissible? Should they be?
Since a computer could calculate nominees and winners instantly, the normal 7-10 day lagtime between when ballots must be received and nominees announced or the Oscar show itself could be cut down to a mere day, as there would be no more time consuming hand counting, double-checking, envelope sorting and membership crosschecking.
If AMPAS's goal is to move the Oscar show to January then this makes logistical sense.
Take this year for example.
You could have the Oscars on Sunday, January 29th...perfect for the football off-week before the Super Bowl.
Announce the nominees on Tuesday, January 10th...the electronic voting deadline could be the day before (Monday the 9th). This is only 5 days earlier than the actual 2012 voting cutoff date of Friday, Jan. 13th.
The final voting cutoff date could be the Saturday (Jan 28th) before the show.
There is still plenty of time for actors to plug their movies on the talk shows and three weekends for filmgoers to sample the nominees in theaters before the show.
The Globes and the SAGs could still go on in January a week or two earlier than they do now.