By Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film Critic The list of candidates for the 2020 Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ Board of Governors election is now out, with the winner in each branch being chosen directly from these entries rather than whittling it down to four finalists in each, as has been done previously.
Also new this year in the streamlined timetable, as Deadline exclusively reported May 16. The winners for the 17 open slots on the 54-member board will be chosen by preferential balloting, just like Best Picture race at the Oscars.
Voting begins Monday and ballots are due back June 5. The actors branch is the largest in the Academy and it also has drawn the biggest field of contenders for the one spot that is up.
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