# How to organize a democratic online vote

To conduct online votes one needs an [identification mechanism](../../code/technologies/online-identification-mechanisms.md) that makes sure that each person or legal entity can vote only once.

[World coin](https://worldcoin.org) is a for profit cryptocurrency project that uses a "world id" for identifying individuals. This world id can be authenticated by a proof of humanity using iris scans. [This can be used to conduct online votes](https://docs.worldcoin.org/use-cases/voting):

[Here](https://democracy.foundation/similar-projects/) is a list of e-voting, deliberation, and e-democracy projects