Emmy voters are often slammed for being old-fashioned — but now they’re moving into the digital age.
The TV Academy has announced that, over the next two years, it will roll out a plan to have its members cast their Emmy votes online.
The first changes to the voting system are set to begin before the 66th Primetime Awards air next year for the first round of voting (which determine the nominees).
It will expand in 2015 to also include the eventual winners.
Paper ballots will be offered to academy voters over the next two years, but will cease to exist thereafter.
“This is the first in a series of new initiatives for the academy that will be rolling out over the coming months,” TV Academy president/CEO Bruce Rosenblum said in a statement.
“We refine the Emmy Awards process every year, and this migration to an all-digital online voting procedure will ensure that voting is easy, private and secure.”