The firm mails the ballots of eligible nominees to members of the Academy in December to reflect the previous eligible year with a due date sometime in January of the next year, then tabulates the votes in a process that takes thousands of hours.
ðə fˈɜːm mˈeɪlz ðə bˈæləts ʌv ˈɛlɪdʒəbəl nˈɑːmɪnˌiːz tə mˈɛmbɚz ʌvðɪ ɐkˈædəmi ɪn dᵻsˈɛmbɚ tə ɹᵻflˈɛkt ðə pɹˈiːviəs ˈɛlɪdʒəbəl jˈɪɹ wɪð ɐ dˈuː dˈeɪt sˈʌmtaɪm ɪn dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi ʌvðə nˈɛkst jˈɪɹ, ðˈɛn tˈæbjʊlˌeɪts ðə vˈoʊts ɪn ɐ pɹˈɑːsɛs ðæt tˈeɪks θˈaʊzəndz ʌv ˈaʊɚz.