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| − | #REDIRECT [[1989 Hugos#Consecutively Numbered Money Orders]] [[Category:redirect]] | + | #REDIRECT [[1989 Hugos#Consecutively Numbered Money Orders]] |
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| − | “'''Consecutively numbered money orders'''” refers to what was considered an attempt to game the [[1989 Hugos]], when a bloc of nominations of one candidate for the [[Best Novel Hugo]] were accompanied by new [[Worldcon]] [[membership]] applications with fees paid with a series of money orders all from one post office in [[Brooklyn]]. At least some of the people whose names appeared on the ballots denied having submitted them — the [[Worldcon]] [[concom]] was alerted when they inquired as to why they were receiving publications.
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| − | The perpetrator was never publicly identified, but after investigating, the 1989 [[Hugo subcommittee]] reported that it was confident that the "beneficiaries" of the fraud had not approved it, known about it, or been involved in it.
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| − | After the news leaked, [[all fandom was plunged into war]], the [[novel]] in question was withdrawn, and [[Hugo nominations]] rules were subsequently changed so that in order to nominate, one must have joined [[WSFS]] before the nominations period opens. In 2021, the [[WSFS Business Meeting]] ratified a [[WSFS Constitution|constitutional]] change making the joining deadline January 31 of the awarding year.
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