the objective of the present invention is a distributed electronic voting system of the type permitting the performance of an election regarding a given issue and using remote terminals interconnected by means of an open telecommunication network . the method is characterized by comprising a phase in which virtual ballots are created , a phase in which an order between the voting agents is established , a phase in which each voting agent successively extracts a virtual ballot , a phase in which the last agent makes the list of remaining ballots public , a phase in which each agent verifies the coherence of the data and communicates any possible mistake in that , a phase in which each agent asks for additional information to other agents so that they can make additional security verifications .