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ON THE RED CARPET: Opposite page, The Good Wife's Matt Czuchry and Champagne Taittinger's Artistic Director Vitalie Taittinger toast the opening of the 18th SAG Awards Red Carpet; The Good Wife's Julianna Margulies and her husband Keith Lieberthal; The Help's Viola Davis and Cicely Tyson, who were honored with Actors during the 18th ceremony; Bottom right, The Descendants' George Clooney greets winners of the Red Carpet Fan Bleacher Seat Auction. SAG-AFTRA members without an Internet connection may obtain a paper ballot by calling GO GREEN! VOTE ONLINE he SAG Awards® is continuing its commitment to the environment by again offering secure and efficient Internet voting, which has allowed members to select the final Actor® recipients online for the past eight years. To further our green efforts, we are again offering a paper ballot for final voting only upon request. Initiatives such as online voting and online submissions, among many others, have made the SAG Awards a leader in "going green," and those efforts have been recognized by the Environmental Media Association, which for a record fourth consecutive year has honored the SAG Awards with its Green Seal, recognizing the production's outstanding efforts to implement sustainable initiatives and promote environmental awareness. he SAG Awards is the only special event to have received four consecutive Green Seal commendations. How to be eligible to vote: Friday, Nov. 30, 2012 is the critical deadline to pay your November dues to be eligible to vote and to receive "for your consideration" offers by the studios. Also, be sure to update your address and email address with the SAG-AFTRA Membership Department, as necessary, by the same deadline date. Here's how the final voting works: On Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, eligible members residing in the United States will be mailed a postcard with the secure Web address of our online voting application. To maintain a secure login, we will not print your member ID or your PIN on the postcard. he online voting application will allow you to access your unique PIN number via the Web. our automated toll-free line at (877) 610-8637. he phone line is now open. You will be asked for your SAG-AFTRA ID number, so please have it ready. Note that while you may request a paper ballot early, ONLY those members who pay their November 2012 dues by Nov. 30 will receive one. Paper ballots will begin to be mailed on Dec. 31. All requests for paper ballots must be made by 5 p.m. (PT) Jan. 14, 2013. If you return a paper ballot, you may not vote online. MORE WAYS YOU CAN BE PART OF THE 19TH ANNUAL SAG AWARDS ● Sign up at sagawardsRSVP.org for last- minute notifications of studio screenings open to all members, not just Nominating Committee members (most are held in Los Angeles and New York). Please note that newspaper movie advertisements offering admittance to the "SAG Awards Nom Comm" apply only to Film Nominating Committee members. ● Watch the SAG Awards nominations announcements live on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 6 a.m. PT/9 a.m. ET on TNT or online at TNT.tv and TBS.com, preceded by the live webcast of the stunt ensemble honors nominations at 5:50 a.m. PT/8:50 a.m. ET on TNT.tv and TBS.com. A full list of nominations will be posted at sagawards.org shortly aſter the nominations are announced. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21, 2012 Nominations ballots mailed FRIDAY, NOV. 30, 2012 Deadline for Paying November 2012 Dues and/or Changing Address with SAG-AFTRA to be Eligible for Final Balloting MONDAY, DEC. 10, 2012 Nomination Ballots Due at the Elections Firm by Noon PT. Records Pulled for Final Balloting WEDNESDAY, DEC. 12, 2012 Nominations Announced at the Pacific Design Center. Watch Live on TNT, TNT.tv or TBS.com at 9 am ET/6 am PT MONDAY, DEC. 31, 2012 Final Balloting Information Mailed to Members MONDAY, JAN. 14, 2013 Final Day to Request Paper Final Ballots in Lieu of Online Voting FRIDAY, JAN. 25, 2013 Final Votes Must be Cast Online or Ballots Received by the Elections Firm by Noon PT SUNDAY, JAN. 27, 2013 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center SAGAFTRA.org | Winter 2013 | SAG-AFTRA 35 ® JANUARY 2 DEADLINE5 TO VOTE ONLINE OR RETURN YOUR BALLOT. Your final ballot postcard will be mailed on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. Votes must be cast online or paper ballots (available only upon request) returned by noon (PT) on Friday, January 25, 2013.