Emmy Ballot

With each Emmy Awards show, show watchers can use an Emmy ballot to keep up with the events of the evening. An Emmy ballot allows for party events to be planned creating a competition among party goers to select the winners. The 2010 Emmy Awards for prime time television took place on August 29, 2010.

Blank Emmy Awards ballots are commonly available from a variety of websites across the Internet. These can be downloaded and printed for use at home or at parties, with guests or participants making their predictions as to which actor or television show will take home the Emmy statue.

Counting Emmy Ballots

Ernst & Young LLP is the accounting firm in charge of counting the thousands of votes which are cast for the Emmy Awards. The accounting firm accepts votes up until a deadline date and time and then begins the official count and preparation of the sealed envelops. Actress. Andy Sale, the lead partner in charge of the Emmy ballot counting for the accounting firm says the final vote this year was turned in by veteran actress Jody Carter. Carter always hand delivers her ballot to the firm to be sure it is received.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/08/emmy-votes-are-in-and-now-its-time-to-start-counting.html Between the nomination and the final round, approximately 20,000 Emmy ballots are cast to be counted by the firm. Andy Sale has overseen the vote counting for 10 years with no security leaks about who will be winning which award.http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/26/business/la-fi-ct-facetime-20100826

Emmy ballot counters don't have a means to sway the votes one way or the other as the ballots are coded with just a few Ernst & Young executives having access to the code. Ballots are scanned, then hand counted. Voters choose their selection for winner and then rank the remaining nominees in order of preference. The ranking allows a tie to be broken.http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/08/26/1645214/and-the-emmy-for-best-vote-counter.html#ixzz0ynLHmy7D

Notable Emmy Award Categories

Emmy categories vary depending on the Emmy event being hosted. Each Emmy group has a set of awards. The most notable Primetime awards event features these categories:

Outstanding Drama Series
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
Outstanding Host For A Reality Or Reality-Competition Program
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series
Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series
Outstanding Reality - Competition Program
Outstanding Reality Program
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Comedy Series
Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Drama Series
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Special

Printing a Ballot

The Emmy Website provides an official ballot to use when watching the 62nd annual Emmy Awards. The ballot is in PDF format and can be printed for tracking what awards are upcoming and keeping up with the winners.http://www.emmys.com/sites/emmys.com/files/62ndEmmy_Ballot.pdf

Kevin Nealon Mr. Subliminal at 1991 Emmys

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From the 43rd Annual Emmy Awards in 1991, Kevin Nealon, steps into his "Mr. Subliminal" character from "Saturday Night Live" to introduce the accounting firm that is responsible for the envelopes and tallying the votes. Nealon was not nominated for an award but used the character for a humorous performance.