[MaM] Vote Counting, OPs, and Deadlines, Oh My!

[Cook]

Hello, welcome to Mods Ask Mods, a topic (series?) for mods to ask questions about each others' styles of moderation!

As always, please don't discuss ongoing games. This is not a forum to discuss current dilemmas with no names included.

Questions!

1. How do you count your votes? Automatically? By hand? Where do you track them? What features do you put in to your votecount posts?
2. What do you put in your OPs and what order?
3. What do you do for your deadlines?

[Cook]

1. I skim the thread and use a pencil and paper to mark current votes, then assemble the vote count from there. I mark the highest-up wagons on my VCs.
2. First post is info, second rules, third is setup, if there is one.
3. 10 days first day, 7 days subsequent, 2 day nights.