User:Hayford Peirce/Sandbox/CZ:How to run a CZ election

There are probably many ways to run a CZ election and to count the ballots and record the votes, but here is a relatively easy way. Some tech people have, in the past, complained that the method was not secured enough, but as far as I know none of the CZ elections have had hacker intrusions, security breaches, or attempts to manipulate the voting or counting. The people who run each election will have to decide how they themselves want to handle it.

Setting up an email account for the voting
The first step, which can be done by any Citizen, is to set up an outside email account, to which the votes by the Citizens will eventually be sent. Here is an easy way that I have done for two elections and three separate votes.


 * 1) For each voting account (Managing Editor, Ombudsman, Editorial Council, etc.) a separate account should be established.
 * 2) Go to Gmail.com and open a new account.