They should just try out an NBA All Star style voting where they have a fan vote and an academy vote, but they are weighted differently.
I watched the animated shorts at the theater last night and good lord... Bestia is one of the most disturbing things I have ever seen in my entire life. I looked up what it was based on afterwards, and all I can say is we are a repulsive species.
I guess the logic is that people don't care about award shows so rather than try to appeal to the audience that cares about award shows, they're going to try to appeal to the audience that's already proven they don't care about award shows.
I decided I'm not watching this year. If they're going to belittle the work of essential facets of the film industry to make room for musical numbers and dumbass sketches and Glenn Close ass-shaking, then they can fuck off.