Kamilisha sentensi ifuatayo: ABette Davis' utendaji katika "Of Bondage Binadamu" (1934) na utendaji Paul Muni katika "Black Fury" (1935) hawakuwa kuteuliwa kwa Oscars. Kama matokeo ya Davis kushindwa kupata uteuzi, watu kadhaa wenye ushawishi kampeni ya kuwa na jina lake ni pamoja na katika orodha, hivyo kwa mwaka huo, na mwaka uliofuata pia, Academy kuruhusiwa kuandika-katika kura. Kimsingi hii ilimaanisha kwamba utendaji wowote ulikuwa na haki. Katika
6th, 7th and 8th Academy Awards, the Academy publicly announced those who placed second and third in the vote, Davis placed third ahead of one official nominee and Muni placed second, ahead of three official nominees, and both Davis and Muni are listed on the Academy's official database as write-in nominees who placed in the final voting. Katika tuzo ya 6th, 7th and 8th Academy Awards, Academy ilitangaza hadharani wale waliochukua nafasi ya pili na ya tatu katika kura, Davis alichukua nafasi ya tatu mbele ya mgombea mmoja rasmi na Muni alichukua nafasi ya pili, mbele ya wagombea watatu rasmi, na wote wawili Davis na Muni wameorodheshwa kwenye hifadhidata rasmi ya Academy kama wagombea wa kuandika ambao waliweka katika kura ya mwisho. Kuanzia 9th Academy Awards, kamati za uteuzi hazikutumiwa tena na wanachama wote wa kila tawi moja walipiga kura kwa wagombea katika kategoria zao.