Originally the vote was open to *anyone*, so you could nominate your particulr favourites, or the people and companies that you thought deserved an awards or recognition.
At the cutoff date, these original votes were counted up and the top nominations were allocated into each particular section, which are the nominations that you see now.
So if you see anyone in there that you want to vote for, then dont waste that vote and vote for them! If you dont see anyone you feel deserves your vote, then leave the field blank (or put my name in instead – I’m happy to pick up the excess – especially in the Best Facial Hair catagory! 
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