Nominations
Nominations are made through the Texas Music Awards website.
        www.TexasMusicAwards.org

Nominations may be submitted by anyone with Internet access.
Multiple methods are used to prevent abuse.  IP capturing, cookie blocking, etc. are used.
Duplicates are discarded and abusers are blocked from the system.

The nominations are tabulated and the process continues:
- those receiving nominations are ranked by number of nominations received
- each potential nominee is checked for eligibility beginning with the top recipient
- each potential nominee is matched to the criteria for each specific award
- nominees who more closely match award criteria may receive additional consideration
- when five nominees matching the criteria are deemed eligible, the nominations are set
- if less than five nominees are deemed eligible, the MTM A&R committee will fill the remaining nominations

Voting
Voting begins on the first Monday in February and runs for 18 days, ending on
the third Friday following the first Monday.

There are three sections to the voting process.

First, there is a public vote.  Fans can vote for any ONE of the five nominees in each category.  The public vote is tallied and the nominee in each category receiving the most votes will receive five points, giving four points to the next highest vote-getter, and so on.  The public voting results are then converted to Academy votes.  The public votes account for approximately 10% of the total Academy vote.  For 2008, the total results are multiplied by EIGHT and added to the Academy Board Vote.

Second, the voting members of the Academy can vote for any ONE of the five nominees in each category.  The voting member vote is tallied and the nominee in each category receiving the most votes will receive five points, giving four points to the next highest vote-getter, and so on.  The voting member voting results are then converted to Academy votes.  The voting member votes account for approximately 20% of the total Academy vote.  For 2008, the total results are multiplied by SEVENTEEN and added to the Academy Board Vote.

Third, the Academy Voting Board votes using the AP Writer's Poll style of systematically sorting each nominee with a grading from one to five.  Five points are given to the Board member's first choice, four points are given to the second choice, and so on.  The Academy Voting Board results account for approximately 70% of the total Academy vote.  For 2007, the Academy Voting Board has 61 members.

Results are held secret until the Awards Show.