The first month of the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Fan Vote has been headlined by a back-and-forth battle for first place between Duran Duran and Eminem. The two fanbases have been sniping at each other on social media, in particular about the use of email suffixes which allowed you to "verify" hundreds of different emails with a single email account.

I keep seeing this in 1 Em fan group on facebook. So, I tried 1 and it worked, email is already registered. Tried another 4, all worked. Maybe this is one of the reasons why we're being outvoted. pic.twitter.com/CGGofijUxA

— Marshall Matters (@M_Slizzle) February 23, 2022

On Twitter, the Rock Hall clarified the rules in a series of tweets:

Voting is capped at one ballot per day. We believe in our voting process, and appreciate that the fans need to believe it in, too. Therefore we most definitely track and void duplicate votes that exceed this cap – as well take steps necessary to prevent voting that is inconsistent with our voting parameters.

We asked if they considered the use of email extensions to be the same email address:

Yes, voting is capped at one ballot per day per email address. We do consider “+” and “.” extensions to be the same email address. We've also added parameter language to our 2022 Nominee page: rockhall.com/2022-nominees

We asked if those types of emails have been voided since the beginning, or if this is a new policy in response to voting anomalies:

Every Induction cycle bring a new “challenge” in terms of voting anomalies. As soon as we identify a new issue, we take immediate steps to void and prevent votes that are inconsistent with our voting parameters. We love that our fans are passionate about their favorite artists, and we truly want to keep the Fan Vote fun and fair.

Here are the brief voting rules from their site:

Duran Duran, Eminem, Pat Benatar, Dolly Parton, and Eurythmics are currently the top five artists in the Fan Vote. Even with eight weeks to go those artists will more than likely be the final top five, and each receive one additional vote.

Click here to access the 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Ballot Tracker