In an effort to increase member participation, the Recording Academy will offer online voting for the Grammys. Los Angeles Times: “Academy executives on Wednesday unveiled the elimination of paper ballots in favor of an online voting system as part of the organization’s annual review of the awards process. The hope is that such a change will inspire a broader range of members to take part in the Grammys because it will present a more flexible voting option or appeal to artists who may be on the road during the period for voting. ‘It’s been something we’ve been talking about for many years, and looking forward to the day when this has arrived,’ said Bill Freimuth, the academy’s senior vice president of awards. The Grammys have long faced criticism for favoring traditionalism over more adventurous and diverse artists. R&B star Frank Ocean, for instance, chastised the Grammys for awarding album of the year to Taylor Swift rather than Kendrick Lamar in 2016 and accused the institution of a ‘cultural bias.’ … One other big benefit Freimuth cited was the prospect of a more accurate and representative vote tabulation.

Grammy rules allow all members to cast votes in the four marquee award categories—record, album, song and new artist. Voters also are allowed to cast ballots in up to 15 other fields, but in the past a small percentage of voters has marked more than 15, resulting in those ballots, except for the top four categories, being discarded. The other major rule change will put songwriters alongside performers, producers, recording, mixing and mastering engineers in collecting statues for album of the year if they’ve contributed to at least 33% of the playing time on a winning album.” http://lat.ms/2rgWTGl

Yeh, about time ma boy Li'll Wayne got som o' dat refined sh!t up his wall too. Its cool for da swangs.

And who's to say hackers won't come on the site to play and switchup stuff around too?