I think if we want MEIEJ to take awards next year, we should vote. They will consider public vote next year, though this year they ignored the public vote (though it's publicised as a public voting awards show). Because it was the first year that the show was running.
Yes the actual performance doesn't count for anything with these awards shows in the "first year", that is what they are showing us, they decided because it's the first year of MEIEJ though the show was norminated in various other categories other then the new show categories for the actors they wouldn't give the show because it's the first year they want for the makers, CV's, writers and cast to prove themselves and they will give only next year, a couple of months of this year they feel is not sufficient to get the bigger awards of the night or get a clean sweep/haul of awards, so they are seeing whether MEIEJ is a fluke (luck only for the first year) whether the cast (Vivian, Drashti and everyone else in the show), the dialogue writers and CV's can emulate this same dialogues and acting (Vivian perhaps will get bored next year and not give a good performance) so always in the first year they ignore for the big awards and see whether next year the dialogue writers are truly merit similarly the actors (are the determined to give a good performance year after year consecutively) without loosing interest. We hope so, all of this above, the fans we have faith in the dialogue writers and actors, lets see next year what will happen. If they don't fulfil to the promise of this year (meaning they don't do the same next year), then even next year they won't get the award and loose fans also.
So that's why we have to vote next year.