You are already whitelisted.., so when your account breaches 90 days old you will be eligible for votes (subject to checks).
The reason this is in place, is that in the past... accounts are created with great content, get lots of support and then down the line they end up being plagiarised junk.
This is one such example. He got lots of support and then caught... probably by @livinguktaiwan :)!
The infamous thenortherner. So many people were fooled by him.
I'm sure it was you who unmasked him, what a twat he was.., making off with lots of our underserved HIVE.