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LOS ANGELES — Academy Awards voters are going to have to put extra effort into their choices for best picture.
Oscar overseers are adopting a preferential-voting system in which academy members rank their best-picture favorites from 1 to 10. The change was made because of the academy’s decision to expand the best-picture field from five nominees to 10 starting with the awards next March.
Under the old system with five nominees, voters simply chose one film; the winner received the most votes. The new method adds weight to voters’ Nos. 2 and 3 picks. The Associated Press
