diff --git a/cmd/web/handlers.go b/cmd/web/handlers.go
index 4e15e4b..d28717e 100644
--- a/cmd/web/handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/web/handlers.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (app *application) createElection(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if !isRequestValid(&request) {
+	if !request.isValid() {
 		app.unprocessableEntityError(w, request.Validator)
 		return
 	}
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (app *application) createElection(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Write(res)
 }
 
-func isRequestValid(r *createElectionRequestWithValidator) bool {
+func (r *createElectionRequestWithValidator) isValid() bool {
 	r.CheckField(validator.NotBlank(r.Name), "name", "must not be blank")
 	r.CheckField(validator.GreaterThan(r.Tokens, 0), "tokens", "must be greater than 0")
 	r.CheckField(validator.After(r.ExpiresAt, time.Now()), "expiresAt", "must expire in a future date")
@@ -100,3 +100,7 @@ func randomVoterIdentity() string {
 	}
 	return string(b)
 }
+
+func (app *application) createVote(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
+}
diff --git a/cmd/web/routes.go b/cmd/web/routes.go
index 01d85db..fa75899 100644
--- a/cmd/web/routes.go
+++ b/cmd/web/routes.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func (app *application) routes() http.Handler {
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 
 	mux.HandleFunc("POST /election", app.createElection)
+	mux.HandleFunc("POST /vote", app.createVote)
 
 	standard := alice.New(app.recoverPanic, app.logRequest)
 	return standard.Then(mux)