When Grammy voters open their digital ballots beginning on Friday Oct. 3, they’ll notice a big difference from years past – all entries will be listed in randomized, rather than alphabetical, order for the first time. That won’t make all that much difference in categories with modest numbers of entries, but it will make it significantly harder to find what you’re looking for in categories with large number of entries.

And, while the academy doesn’t come right out and say it, that’s the point. The academy is trying to force (or at least strongly encourage) voters to read through the entire list of entries, so they’re reminded of entries that they may have forgotten about, rather than just revert to a handful of favorite artists every year.

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