A person or organization fraudulently tried to influence the voting for the 2024 Hugo Awards by apparently buying memberships for people promising to vote for their chosen candidate. The Hugo Awards establishment uncovered this scheme and disallowed the fraudulent votes. What’s wrong with people??? I guess this stuff has gone on from time immemorial in elections literary, political, you name it, but it’s disheartening all the same. Luckily, the tallying of votes goes on untainted, and we’ll see the results on Aug. 11.