Voter fraud at the Hugo Awards wasn't on our list of Worldcon problems this year, but it happened, and the sci-fi publishing industry buried the story.
Very interesting. The Sad Puppies movement a few years ago seems to have torn the mask on the Hugos, and since then they've only gotten worse and worse.
Publishers Weekly is rarely paying attention to sf/f publishing.
Glasgow 2024 was in all fairness very transparent about the issue, how it was discovered, what they did about it, and what effects it had. They put a statement and video out on July 22, two days after voting closed, where anyone could view at https://glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/statement-22-july-2024/ . The only thing they didn't note is what or who would have benefitted as the potential beneficiaries may not have been involved.
Yes, the fraud was coming from a business in the PRC.
This incident was well covered in File770, Locus and other sf sites.
There are efforts underway to change voting to require verifiable physical addresses as well as emails. Other measures have been suggested. It takes two years currently for a change like these to make it through the legislative system that Worldcon uses to become final.
"Voter fraud? Say it ain't so, Josephine! Say it ain't so!"
Slowly then all at once.
Very interesting. The Sad Puppies movement a few years ago seems to have torn the mask on the Hugos, and since then they've only gotten worse and worse.
Speaking of voter fraud- look what came out, long after the event...
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/one_in_five_mail_in_voters_admit_they_cheated_in_2020_election
What in the world is going on over there?
Publishers Weekly is rarely paying attention to sf/f publishing.
Glasgow 2024 was in all fairness very transparent about the issue, how it was discovered, what they did about it, and what effects it had. They put a statement and video out on July 22, two days after voting closed, where anyone could view at https://glasgow2024.org/hugo-awards/statement-22-july-2024/ . The only thing they didn't note is what or who would have benefitted as the potential beneficiaries may not have been involved.
Yes, the fraud was coming from a business in the PRC.
This incident was well covered in File770, Locus and other sf sites.
There are efforts underway to change voting to require verifiable physical addresses as well as emails. Other measures have been suggested. It takes two years currently for a change like these to make it through the legislative system that Worldcon uses to become final.