8/7/2019 How Oscar Voting Works

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Counting the votes

Votingprocedure

Second place could win

• Instead of voting forone film, memberswill rank best picturenominees from 1to 10

• If no film wins morethan 50 percent offirst-choice votes,film with lowestnumber of first-choicevotes will beeliminated

How voting for best picture for the Academy Awards works: 

• On ballots withremoved film, second

choice now countedas first choice

• If a film still doesnot have 51 percent,process is repeated

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“The King’s Speech”

“Black Swan”“True Grit”

“Black Swan”

“True Grit”

“The King’s Speech”

“True Grit”

“Black Swan”

“The King’s Speech”

Source: The Academy ofMotion Picture Arts andSciencesGraphic: Melina Yingling,Lee Hulteng

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“The King’s Speech”

“Black Swan”

“True Grit”

“Black Swan”“The King’s Speech”

“True Grit”

“True Grit”

“Black Swan”

“The King’s Speech”

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“The King’s Speech”

“Black Swan”

“True Grit”

“Black Swan”

“The King’s Speech”

“True Grit”

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“The King’s Speech”

“True Grit”

“Black Swan”

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Voting method may mean a film wins bestpicture without getting the most first-place votes

Example of how that is possible;nine ballots ranking top three films:

After first count

King’s Speech

Black Swan

True Grit

4

3

2

After second count

King’s SpeechBlack Swan

45

Black Swanhas more than51 percent; wins

best picture

“True Grit” taken

out since ithas least votes

Second-rankedfilm becomesfirst

Organized by

first-ranked film;no film has 51percent to win