New Video: Final Oscar Ballots Sent Out to Hollywood Elite

The Oscar ballots have been mailed out to 5,810 members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who will vote on this year's Academy Award winners -- and ET has your look inside the amnbitious ballot-mailing process!

The final ballots include nominees in 19 categories including best picture, director and acting, the Associated Press reports.

Members will receive a ballot for five other categories -- feature-length and short documentaries, foreign-language film, animated shorts and live-action shorts -- once they verify they've attended a screening of the nominees.

Oscar voters have until Feb. 17 to return ballots. See who will take home an Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards airing on ABC, Sunday, February 22 in Los Angeles.

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