Abstract: The invention relates to a method and arrangement for voting. In particular the invention relates to voting by means of a terminal. In a voting method according to the invention, the eligibility of the voter is verified in the register of eligible voters, and an encrypted polling code is generated from the candidate information of the candidate selected, based on the public key method. The resulting encrypted polling code is sent to the election data system where the polling code is decrypted and the vote contained in the polling result is recorded to the respective candidate.