SAG Awards save 3 tons of paper with switch to paperless ballots
The Screen Actors Guild is backing up the eco-friendly cred of many of its members by doing away with paper ballots. From the Huffington Post:
The union’s annual show, which recognizes the best performances in TV and film, urged its 125,000 members to vote online for this year’s winners and only sent paper ballots to those who specifically requested them.
The move saved three tons of paper, says SAG Awards producer Kathy Connell.
As with any groundbreaking move, though, it wasn’t without its pitfalls:
Though members were notified of the digital shift in the November issue of the union’s magazine, some still expected the traditional paper ballot to arrive in the mail. Pundits have speculated that online voting may alienate some of SAG’s older or less tech-savvy members.
Our prediction:
They’ll come around.