Last week, we announced our first-ever Jackin’ Pop Critics Poll, a challenge to the decades-old Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll. While poll editor Michaelangelo Matos works on prepping the ballots, a few outside developments:

- The Voice this week sent informational emails to about 1,500 prospective Pazz & Jop voters. Ballots and comments are due Jan. 1; results will be announced in the Feb. 7th, 2007 issue (the albums-singles-comments format seems to be the same).
- Menwhile, the blogger behind Anthony Is Right is campaigning to get Hinder the top spot on the Voice, which could happen if 1,499 critics accidentally mistake Extreme Behavior for Modern Times.

Earlier: Time To Raze The Village: Announcing Idolator’s 2006 Jackin’ Pop Critics Poll