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2013 Wednesday, Nov. 20 Nominations ballots mailed to Nominating Committee members. DUES DEADLINE Monday, Dec. 2 Nov. 2013 dues and any address changes must be received by this date for voter eligibility and For Your Consideration materials. Monday, Dec. 9 Nominations ballots due at the elections firm by noon PT. Wednesday, Dec. 11 Nominations announced live on TNT, 6 a.m. PT/9 a.m. ET. 2014 VOTING DEADLINE Monday, Dec. 16 Final balloting information mailed to members. Monday, Jan. 6 Final day to request paper ballots in lieu of online voting. Friday, Jan. 17 Final votes must be cast online or ballots received by the elections firm by noon PT. Saturday, Jan. 18 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards live on TNT and TBS, 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET. ® Left: 1. Silver Linings Playbook nominee Bradley Cooper on the red carpet with co-star Jennifer Lawrence, who took home her first Actor . 2. Les Misérablés star and Actor recipient Anne Hathaway. 3. Actor recipient Bryan Cranston with fellow Breaking Bad ensemble nominee Aaron Paul. 4. Glee's Idina Menzel with her husband, Private Practice star Taye Diggs, who announced the 19th Annual SAG Awards' nominations. ® paper ballots for final voting are available only upon request. Online voting is just one of the strategies set forth by the SAG Awards in its efforts to enact sustainable practices and promote environmental consciousness. Eco-friendly initiatives have earned the SAG Awards five consecutive EMA Green Seal commendations, making it the only special event to have been so honored. HOW TO BE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE Monday, Dec. 2 is the pivotal deadline to pay your November dues in order WATCH YOUR MAIL FOR THIS POSTCARD IN LATE DECEMBER. to be eligible for final balloting and to receive For Your Consideration offers by the studios. Make sure to update your postal address and email address online or with the SAG-AFTRA Membership Department if they have changed. On Dec. 16, final balloting information will be mailed to eligible members residing in the United States with a postcard (left) providing the secure Web address of the online voting application. To maintain a secure login, your member ID or your personal identification number will not be printed on the postcard. The online voting application will allow you to access your unique PIN via the Web. SAG-AFTRA members who do not have access to the Internet may request a paper ballot by calling an automated tollfree line at (877) 610-8637. The 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 dues by Monday, Dec. 2 will receive one. All requests for paper ballots must be made by 5 p.m. PT Jan. 6. If you return a paper ballot, you may not vote online. SAGAFTRA.org 32-39_SAGawardsprvw_F.indd 33 | Fall 2013 | SAG-AFTRA 33 11/13/13 11:57 AM