diff --git a/web/backend/readme.md b/web/backend/readme.md
index 54a5a0529..455e3f7eb 100644
--- a/web/backend/readme.md
+++ b/web/backend/readme.md
@@ -59,5 +59,6 @@ Commands:
   addAdmin [options]             Given a SCIPER number, the owner would gain full admin permissions
   listUserPermissions [options]  Lists the permissions -if any- of the owner of a given SCIPER
   removeAdmin [options]          Given a SCIPER number, the owner would lose all admin privileges -if any-
+  addVoters [options]            Assigns a list of SCIPERs to an Election as Voters
   help [command]                 display help for command
 ```
diff --git a/web/backend/src/.voters.example b/web/backend/src/.voters.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae27e0360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/backend/src/.voters.example
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+123456
+321451
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/web/backend/src/cli.ts b/web/backend/src/cli.ts
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 51445b1d6..3a37593e4
--- a/web/backend/src/cli.ts
+++ b/web/backend/src/cli.ts
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ Backend CLI, currently providing 3 commands for user management:
   npx cli removeAdmin --sciper 1234
 */
 
-import { Command } from 'commander';
+import { Command, InvalidArgumentError } from 'commander';
 import { SequelizeAdapter } from 'casbin-sequelize-adapter';
 import { newEnforcer } from 'casbin';
 import { curve } from '@dedis/kyber';
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import { PERMISSIONS } from './authManager';
 
 const program = new Command();
 
@@ -78,4 +80,36 @@ program
     console.log(`PUBLIC_KEY=${pub}`);
   });
 
+// Imports a list of SCIPERS from a file to allow to vote on a specific election
+// the .voters.example file is available as an example
+program
+  .command('addVoters')
+  .description('Assigns a list of SCIPERs to an Election as Voters')
+  .requiredOption('-e, --election-id <char>', 'ID of the election')
+  .requiredOption('-sf, --scipers-file <char>', 'File with line-separated list of SCIPERs')
+  .action(async ({ electionId, scipersFile }) => {
+    fs.readFile(scipersFile, 'utf8', async (err: any, data: string) => {
+      if (err) {
+        throw new InvalidArgumentError(`Faced a problem trying to process your file: \n ${err}`);
+      }
+      const scipers: Array<string> = data.split('\n');
+      const policies = [];
+      for (let i = 0; i < scipers.length; i += 1) {
+        const sciper: number = Number(scipers[i]);
+        if (Number.isNaN(sciper)) {
+          throw new InvalidArgumentError(`SCIPER '${sciper}' on line ${i + 1} is not a number`);
+        }
+        if (sciper > 999999 || sciper < 100000) {
+          throw new InvalidArgumentError(
+            `SCIPER '${sciper}' on line ${i + 1} is outside acceptable range (100000..999999)`
+          );
+        }
+        policies[i] = [scipers[i], electionId, PERMISSIONS.ACTIONS.VOTE];
+      }
+      const enforcer = await initEnforcer();
+      await enforcer.addPolicies(policies);
+      console.log('Added Voting policies successfully!');
+    });
+  });
+
 program.parse();
diff --git a/web/backend/src/controllers/dela.ts b/web/backend/src/controllers/dela.ts
index bc1a4626b..7253e4932 100644
--- a/web/backend/src/controllers/dela.ts
+++ b/web/backend/src/controllers/dela.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ function sendToDela(dataStr: string, req: express.Request, res: express.Response
   let uri = process.env.DELA_NODE_URL + req.baseUrl.slice(4);
   // boolean to check
   let redirectToDefaultProxy = true;
-  // in case this is a DKG init request, we must also update the payload.
 
+  // in case this is a DKG init request, we must also update the payload.
   const dkgInitRegex = /\/evoting\/services\/dkg\/actors$/;
   if (uri.match(dkgInitRegex)) {
     const dataStr2 = JSON.stringify({ FormID: req.body.FormID });
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ delaRouter.post('/services/dkg/actors', (req, res, next) => {
   }
   next();
 });
+
 delaRouter.use('/services/dkg/actors/:formID', (req, res, next) => {
   const { formID } = req.params;
   if (!isAuthorized(req.session.userId, formID, PERMISSIONS.ACTIONS.OWN)) {
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ delaRouter.use('/services/dkg/actors/:formID', (req, res, next) => {
   }
   next();
 });
+
 delaRouter.use('/services/shuffle/:formID', (req, res, next) => {
   if (!req.session.userId) {
     res.status(401).send('Unauthenticated');
@@ -174,6 +176,32 @@ delaRouter.use('/services/shuffle/:formID', (req, res, next) => {
   }
   next();
 });
+
+delaRouter.post('/forms/:formID/vote', (req, res) => {
+  if (!req.session.userId) {
+    res.status(401).send('Authentication required!');
+    return;
+  }
+  if (!isAuthorized(req.session.userId, req.params.formID, PERMISSIONS.ACTIONS.VOTE)) {
+    res.status(400).send('Unauthorized');
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // We must set the UserID to know who this ballot is associated to. This is
+  // only needed to allow users to cast multiple ballots, where only the last
+  // ballot is taken into account. To preserve anonymity, the web-backend could
+  // translate UserIDs to another random ID.
+  // bodyData.UserID = req.session.userId.toString();
+
+  // DEBUG: this is only for debugging and needs to be replaced before production
+  const bodyData = req.body;
+  console.warn('DEV CODE - randomizing the SCIPER ID to allow for unlimited votes');
+  bodyData.UserID = makeid(10);
+
+  const dataStr = JSON.stringify(bodyData);
+  sendToDela(dataStr, req, res);
+});
+
 delaRouter.delete('/forms/:formID', (req, res) => {
   if (!req.session.userId) {
     res.status(401).send('Unauthenticated');
@@ -235,18 +263,6 @@ delaRouter.use('/*', (req, res) => {
   }
 
   const bodyData = req.body;
-
-  // special case for voting
-  const regex = /\/api\/evoting\/forms\/.*\/vote/;
-  if (req.baseUrl.match(regex)) {
-    // We must set the UserID to know who this ballot is associated to. This is
-    // only needed to allow users to cast multiple ballots, where only the last
-    // ballot is taken into account. To preserve anonymity the web-backend could
-    // translate UserIDs to another random ID.
-    // bodyData.UserID = req.session.userId.toString();
-    bodyData.UserID = makeid(10);
-  }
-
   const dataStr = JSON.stringify(bodyData);
 
   sendToDela(dataStr, req, res);
diff --git a/web/backend/src/controllers/users.ts b/web/backend/src/controllers/users.ts
index e1ec6b060..723848b58 100644
--- a/web/backend/src/controllers/users.ts
+++ b/web/backend/src/controllers/users.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ usersRouter.post('/add_role', (req, res, next) => {
 });
 
 // This call (only for admins) allow an admin to remove a role to a user.
-
 usersRouter.post('/remove_role', (req, res, next) => {
   if (!isAuthorized(req.session.userId, PERMISSIONS.SUBJECTS.ROLES, PERMISSIONS.ACTIONS.REMOVE)) {
     res.status(400).send('Unauthorized - only admins allowed');