Abstract: An online election system has a database of registered votes. A voter accessing the election system through a server means end user interface verifies themselves by providing security information such as a unique identifier and password. The voter is then presented with a list of candidates and is prompted to indicate their vote which is then submitted to the sever. Confidentiality of a vote is ensured because all voter identification is removed from the vote when the vote is received at the server means and before the vote is stored and tallied. The privacy of the vote is further enhanced by encrypting communications between the server means and the user interface.