Story at PJ Media.

Story at PJ Media.

There’s a shock.  All this announcement accomplishes is make it more likely the Mississippi Voter ID law will end up in federal court.

There’s a shock.  All this announcement accomplishes is make it more likely the Mississippi Voter ID law will end up in federal court.

I figured out how to add a salesbar widget to Election Law Center.  Earlier I promised sales rank data periodically for the new election law books by John Fund/Hans von Spakovsky, and Tova Wang and Rick Hasen.  Rather than take the time to periodically update the sales rankings at Amazon, Novelrank has a way to do it automatically with widgets.

Important note – think of American Top 40 when you look at the rankings.  Lower is better.  Injustice reached #23 at Amazon and #13 at Barnes and Noble, then slowly “fell” from there, even though the numbers went “up.”

Scroll way down to the bottom of this page on the left to see sales rankings.  These three books all launch in August 2012, so the rankings will offer comparable data along the natural sales arc of a book.  Injustice launched in October of last year so it will be on a different arc, but  I included Injustice also in the sidebar.

Novel rank confesses that their “units sold” model underestimates.  They have no way to know actual sales by unit.  So they show a single book sold every time the ranking goes up.

One final note, as of now, nobody has bought Tova Wang’s book at Amazon so there is no sales ranking. Amazon won’t rank you until after your first sale.  So someone needs to make a purchase of her book and lift it out of hibernation.

I figured out how to add a salesbar widget to Election Law Center.  Earlier I promised sales rank data periodically for the new election law books by John Fund/Hans von Spakovsky, and Tova Wang and Rick Hasen.  Rather than take the time to periodically update the sales rankings at Amazon, Novelrank has a way to do it automatically with widgets.

Important note – think of American Top 40 when you look at the rankings.  Lower is better.  Injustice reached #23 at Amazon and #13 at Barnes and Noble, then slowly “fell” from there, even though the numbers went “up.”

Scroll way down to the bottom of this page on the left to see sales rankings.  These three books all launch in August 2012, so the rankings will offer comparable data along the natural sales arc of a book.  Injustice launched in October of last year so it will be on a different arc, but  I included Injustice also in the sidebar.

Novel rank confesses that their “units sold” model underestimates.  They have no way to know actual sales by unit.  So they show a single book sold every time the ranking goes up.

One final note, as of now, nobody has bought Tova Wang’s book at Amazon so there is no sales ranking. Amazon won’t rank you until after your first sale.  So someone needs to make a purchase of her book and lift it out of hibernation.

The Union Leader is right: “Replacing the Senate’s text with the proposed House Election Law Committee amendment would be to kill our best shot at getting a solid voter ID law in place in time for the upcoming elections. The House should not do it. It should instead pass SB 289 to protect the integrity of the upcoming elections and revisit the issue next year if any improvements are needed.”

The Union Leader is right: “Replacing the Senate’s text with the proposed House Election Law Committee amendment would be to kill our best shot at getting a solid voter ID law in place in time for the upcoming elections. The House should not do it. It should instead pass SB 289 to protect the integrity of the upcoming elections and revisit the issue next year if any improvements are needed.”

 Overseas, not military.  The rub:

“Mr. Carey said he had changed the wording in response to requests from state election officials. Voters from some states, he said, receive federal, state and local ballots only if they indicate an intention to return — no matter when — while those who express no intention to return receive only federal ballots.”

Exactly.  Overseas voters shouldn’t be participating in state elections if they never intend to return to the United States.  Good call by Bob Carey.

 Overseas, not military.  The rub:

“Mr. Carey said he had changed the wording in response to requests from state election officials. Voters from some states, he said, receive federal, state and local ballots only if they indicate an intention to return — no matter when — while those who express no intention to return receive only federal ballots.”

Exactly.  Overseas voters shouldn’t be participating in state elections if they never intend to return to the United States.  Good call by Bob Carey.