Most make sense, while some make you wonder just how they define "rock 'n roll" in Cleveland.
 
http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2016/10/this_will_be_your_rock_roll_ha.html
 
Tupac Shakur
Janet Jackson
Joan Baez
Bad Brains
Yes
ELO
Pearl Jam
The Zombies
J. Geils Band
Steppenwolf
Journey
MC5
Chaka Khan
Chic
Kraftwerk
The Cars
Depeche Mode
 
 

Unfortunately, this is what happened when they started inducting 5 to 12 performers from the start. Eventually they ran out of truly influential acts that were truly rock and roll. Chic and Janet Jackson? Really? I hope I'm dead and stinking before they get to Justin Bieber.

There's a few there that I can't believe aren't already IN the Hall.
 
Then there are these.  How the heck did they get on the list?  A hacker maybe?
 
I mean, Tupac Shakur?  Janet Jackson?  Bad Brains?  MC5?  Chaka Khan?  Chic?

How I'd vote, based on rock 'n roll-ness, longevity, innovativeness and overall influence on other musicians.
 
Tupac Shakur      NO. Not rock 'n roll.
Janet Jackson      NO. ditto.
Joan Baez           NO. ditto
Bad Brains          Who?
Yes                     YES, and about time!
ELO                    ABSOLUTELY
Pearl Jam            YES
The Zombies       YES. Respect for keyboard players before it was cool
J. Geils Band       NO. A one-hit-wonder. Huge hit, yes, but there's just the one
Steppenwolf        YES. Ground-breaking proto-metal
Journey               YES. If only for longevity, but also a damn good rock band
MC5                    MAYBE. Influenced a lot of people, or so I'm told
Shaka Khan         NO. Quality sappy pop, but not rock 'n roll
Chic                    NO. Endless respect for Mr. Rogers and company, but it's not the "disco hall of fame"
Kraftwerk            YES. Maybe it's not rock 'n roll but they influenced many rock 'n rollers
The Cars             YES. Sophisticated, inventive productions that influenced the way records are made
Depeche Mode     YES. Poppy but musically inventive
 
Feel free to disagree!
 

craigb
There's a few there that I can't believe aren't already IN the Hall.
 

If you didn't know, Yes isn't in the hall because Rolling Stone impresario and Hall founder Jann Wenner hates prog and doesn't believe it's "rock music" the way, you know, Patsy Cline had such a big influence on rock that she was inducted many years ago.
 
IOW the Hall is a joke and not to be taken seriously as meaningful of anything.

bitflipper
J. Geils Band       NO. A one-hit-wonder. Huge hit, yes, but there's just the one

Pretty much agree with your list except J. Geils.  They had more than 1 hit...
Give it to me, Must have got lost, Freeze Frame, Centerfold...
At least it IS rock and roll...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Brains
 
Rocky

bitflipper
 

Depeche Mode     YES. Poppy but musically inventive
 
 

 
No. Hanging on the coat tails of Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, The Cure, Ultravox, Human League etc, they didn't break any new ground IMO.

Is Deep Purple still not in it?
 
Edit - looks like they finaly made it last year, shows how much notice i take!
 

jamesg1213

bitflipper
 

Depeche Mode     YES. Poppy but musically inventive
 
 

 
No. Hanging on the coat tails of Gary Numan/Tubeway Army, The Cure, Ultravox, Human League etc, they didn't break any new ground IMO.

I wouldn't call them groundbreaking, but those guys can write and arrange some incredible pop music, consistently.  
 
As for the Hall of Fame, they're abusing the term rock and roll. It's clear that they've turned into the "popular music hall of fame".
 
Reminds me of when we went to San Diego and slept at the so-called Hard Rock Café Hotel. The decoration and all the stuff hanging on the wall might have been rock and roll, but the music in the bar, the crowd and the music they played at their pool party the next morning definitely wasn't.
 
On a rock and roll scale of one to Lemmy, being awoken by a rave party at 11 on a Sunday morning doesn't even register.
 
A bit like that genius and his friends who like to destroy classic Queen and wear classic heavy metal t-shirts...