Oscar 2007 Ballots Mailed
December 26th, 2007 by Andre Soares
Today, nomination ballots for the 80th Academy Awards were mailed to the 5,829 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Completed ballots must be returned to PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 12, 2008. Ballots received after the deadline will be discarded.
According to the Academy’s press release, "prior to mailing, the PricewaterhouseCoopers staff verifies that there are no duplicate ballots and that none are missing. In addition to being counted and sorted, the ballots are numbered to guarantee that each is addressed to the appropriate Academy voter."
The 80th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 5:30 a.m. Pacific Time at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The Academy Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. In the US, the show will be televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT. The Oscarcast will also be televised live in more than 200 countries worldwide.
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