Standard MS Ruleset... a starting point.

[Yosarian2]

The thing is, whatever rules are listed, should be the rules enforced by the mod, with no exceptions. If the rules say "All votes must be bold, or they don't count" and someone says

vote:someone[/i] two minutes before the deadline, then the mod shouldn't count it. Why? Because that kind of thing could be used as a gambit to make it look like you were trying to vote for a person without actually doing it. It may have been a gambit, or it may have been an honest mistake; either way, that has to be left up to the players to decide later. All the mod has to do is to enforce the rules as they are written; a mod should not even try to figure out the intent of the player in making his decisions.