Patent ID: 7819319

Claim:
A method for electronic voting over a high-security network, for a voter using a voting terminal connected via a network to at least one administrative server and to a vote-counting server, the method further comprising: calculating and transmitting from the administrative server to the voting terminal an authentication certificate; and transmitting from the voting terminal to the vote-counting server an electronic ballot paper selected by the voter and an anonymous reference; and, upon verification of the anonymous reference against a true value of the anonymous reference at the vote counting server, validating the electronic ballot paper and the electronic vote of the voter and counting the electronic ballot paper in accordance with the voter selected ballot paper; transmitting from the vote-counting server to the voting terminal a confirmation of receipt; and calculating and transmitting from the voting terminal to the administrative server an electoral register document signed electronically by a private key, the administrative server bringing about, upon verification of said signature against a true signature value of the signed electoral register document at the administrative server, the closure of the voting operation for the voter using the voting terminal.