diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7d33325fd7..8f1eec6842 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2528,21 +2528,6 @@ version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types"
-version = "0.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
-dependencies = [
- "foreign-types-shared",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "foreign-types-shared"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -3240,19 +3225,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-io-timeout",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "hyper-tls"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d6183ddfa99b85da61a140bea0efc93fdf56ceaa041b37d553518030827f9905"
-dependencies = [
- "bytes",
- "hyper",
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "iana-time-zone"
 version = "0.1.58"
@@ -4636,24 +4608,6 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e5ce46fe64a9d73be07dcbe690a38ce1b293be448fd8ce1e6c1b8062c9f72c6a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "native-tls"
-version = "0.2.11"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "07226173c32f2926027b63cce4bcd8076c3552846cbe7925f3aaffeac0a3b92e"
-dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "openssl",
- "openssl-probe",
- "openssl-sys",
- "schannel",
- "security-framework",
- "security-framework-sys",
- "tempfile",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "neli"
 version = "0.5.3"
@@ -4937,50 +4891,6 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "624a8340c38c1b80fd549087862da4ba43e08858af025b236e509b6649fc13d5"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl"
-version = "0.10.59"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7a257ad03cd8fb16ad4172fedf8094451e1af1c4b70097636ef2eac9a5f0cc33"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.1",
- "cfg-if 1.0.0",
- "foreign-types",
- "libc",
- "once_cell",
- "openssl-macros",
- "openssl-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-macros"
-version = "0.1.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn 2.0.39",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-probe"
-version = "0.1.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.95"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "40a4130519a360279579c2053038317e40eff64d13fd3f004f9e1b72b8a6aaf9"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "opentelemetry"
 version = "0.18.0"
@@ -6261,12 +6171,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "http-body",
  "hyper",
  "hyper-rustls",
- "hyper-tls",
  "ipnet",
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "mime",
- "native-tls",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -6277,7 +6185,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_urlencoded",
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
- "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-rustls 0.24.1",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
@@ -6518,15 +6425,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "schannel"
-version = "0.1.22"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c3733bf4cf7ea0880754e19cb5a462007c4a8c1914bff372ccc95b464f1df88"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.48.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "scheduled-thread-pool"
 version = "0.2.7"
@@ -6644,29 +6542,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "security-framework"
-version = "2.9.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "05b64fb303737d99b81884b2c63433e9ae28abebe5eb5045dcdd175dc2ecf4de"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "core-foundation",
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "libc",
- "security-framework-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "security-framework-sys"
-version = "2.9.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e932934257d3b408ed8f30db49d85ea163bfe74961f017f405b025af298f0c7a"
-dependencies = [
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "libc",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
 version = "1.0.20"
@@ -7696,16 +7571,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.39",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tokio-native-tls"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
-dependencies = [
- "native-tls",
- "tokio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-postgres"
 version = "0.7.10"
diff --git a/src/sign/Cargo.toml b/src/sign/Cargo.toml
index ebdc0cf3af..ba7ee33697 100644
--- a/src/sign/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/sign/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ rand = "0.8.3"
 bech32 = "0.8"
 rand_core = { version = "0.5.1", default-features = false }
 ed25519-dalek = "1.0.1"
-reqwest = { version = "*", features = ["blocking","json"] }
\ No newline at end of file
+reqwest = { version = "*", default_features = false, features = [ "blocking","json", "rustls-tls" ] }
diff --git a/src/sign/README.md b/src/sign/README.md
index 9e0d1a8762..ff1fc824a3 100644
--- a/src/sign/README.md
+++ b/src/sign/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ PROPOSAL=5
 VOTE_PLAN_ID=36ad42885189a0ac3438cdb57bc8ac7f6542e05a59d1f2e4d1d38194c9d4ac7b
 EPOCH=0
 SLOT=0
+CHOICE=1
 
-./target/release/sign --election-pub-key $ELECTION_PUB_KEY --private-key $ALICE_SK --public-key $ALICE_PK --proposal $PROPOSAL --vote-plan-id $VOTE_PLAN_ID --epoch $EPOCH --slot $SLOT
+./target/release/sign --election-pub-key $ELECTION_PUB_KEY --private-key $ALICE_SK --public-key $ALICE_PK --proposal $PROPOSAL --vote-plan-id $VOTE_PLAN_ID --epoch $EPOCH --slot $SLOT --choice $CHOICE
 
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/sign/src/main.rs b/src/sign/src/main.rs
index 0f5d2a94ac..61ac84dbf2 100644
--- a/src/sign/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/sign/src/main.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ pub struct Args {
     /// vote plan hash
     #[clap(short, long)]
     vote_plan_id: String,
+    /// vote yay or nay
+    #[clap(short, long)]
+    choice: u8,
 }
 
 fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
@@ -66,7 +69,10 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     // join sk+pk together, api requirement
     sk.extend(pk.clone());
     let keypair: Keypair = Keypair::from_bytes(&sk)?;
-    let vote = chain_vote::Vote::new(2, 1_usize)?;
+
+    let choice = args.choice;
+
+    let vote = chain_vote::Vote::new(2, choice.into())?;
     // common reference string
     let crs = chain_vote::Crs::from_hash(&hex::decode(args.vote_plan_id.clone())?);