The preferential system of voting was first utilized by the Academy from 1934 to 1945. It was reintroduced in 2009, when the Oscars expanded the best picture field from five to 10 nominees ...

The preferential system of voting was first utilized by the Academy from 1934 to 1945. It was reintroduced in 2009, when the Oscars expanded the best picture field from five to 10 nominees ...

It ended up losing to The Artist, but it could have won had the Academy not implemented a form of voting, for the best picture category only, that it had previously employed pre-1944, when it last ...

Preferential voting seems ripe for shenanigans, and it’s difficult to understand. (Even for the Australians, who use it in real elections.) ...

The preferential system of voting was first utilized by the Academy from 1934 to 1945. It was reintroduced in 2009, when the Oscars expanded the best picture field from five to 10 nominees ...