diff --git a/src/Bifrost.Web/Configuration/ConceptVoteOptions.cs b/src/Bifrost.Web/Configuration/ConceptVoteOptions.cs
index da13c4a..a5e0781 100644
--- a/src/Bifrost.Web/Configuration/ConceptVoteOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Bifrost.Web/Configuration/ConceptVoteOptions.cs
@@ -24,4 +24,8 @@ public sealed class ConceptVoteOptions
     // https://host[:non-default-port], lower case, no path; empty allows none. StartupConfigurationValidator
     // refuses anything else outside Development and Testing, because "*" would allow every origin.
     public string[] AllowedOrigins { get; init; } = [];
+
+    // The Mill page the vote page links back to; the concept's key is appended as the anchor. Production is the
+    // Aetheria site's page, so a deploy overrides nothing unless the page moves (ConceptVotes__MillPageUrl).
+    public string MillPageUrl { get; init; } = "https://aetheria.gamecult.org/Game-Design/Concept-Mill";
 }
diff --git a/src/Bifrost.Web/Features/ConceptVotes/VoterKeyResolver.cs b/src/Bifrost.Web/Features/ConceptVotes/VoterKeyResolver.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce9fbec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bifrost.Web/Features/ConceptVotes/VoterKeyResolver.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection;
+
+namespace Bifrost.Web.Features.ConceptVotes;
+
+// The only reader and writer of the bifrost_voter cookie. It supplies a device id and nothing else: VoterIdentity.For
+// decides the voter key and class. The cookie holds a protected random id, never a count, class or account.
+public sealed class VoterKeyResolver(IDataProtectionProvider dataProtection)
+{
+    public const string CookieName = "bifrost_voter";
+    public const string CookiePath = "/mill";
+    public static readonly TimeSpan CookieLifetime = TimeSpan.FromDays(365);
+
+    private const string Purpose = "Bifrost.ConceptVotes.DeviceToken.v1";
+
+    private readonly IDataProtector protector = dataProtection.CreateProtector(Purpose);
+
+    // The device id, or null when there is no cookie or it does not unprotect under this key ring and purpose
+    // (tampered, truncated, a bare id, or minted elsewhere). Nothing about a refused value is kept or reported.
+    public string? TryRead(HttpContext context)
+    {
+        if (!context.Request.Cookies.TryGetValue(CookieName, out var token) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(token))
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try
+        {
+            return protector.Unprotect(token);
+        }
+        catch (CryptographicException)
+        {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Sets a fresh device cookie on this response and returns its device id. Called only from a cast.
+    public string Mint(HttpContext context)
+    {
+        var deviceId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N");
+        context.Response.Cookies.Append(
+            CookieName,
+            protector.Protect(deviceId),
+            new CookieOptions
+            {
+                HttpOnly = true,
+                Secure = true,
+                SameSite = SameSiteMode.Lax,
+                Path = CookiePath,
+                MaxAge = CookieLifetime,
+                IsEssential = true
+            });
+        return deviceId;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Bifrost.Web/Program.cs b/src/Bifrost.Web/Program.cs
index bea0beb..2101abb 100644
--- a/src/Bifrost.Web/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Bifrost.Web/Program.cs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ builder.Services.AddRazorPages(options =>
 {
     options.Conventions.AuthorizePage("/Membership/Status");
     options.Conventions.AuthorizeFolder("/App", ActiveMemberRequirement.PolicyName);
+    options.Conventions.AllowAnonymousToFolder("/Mill");
 });
 builder.Services.ConfigureHttpJsonOptions(options =>
 {
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ builder.Services.AddScoped<PatronageService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<StripeWebhookService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<HeimdallPatronSupportIntakeService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<ConceptAppraisalService>();
+builder.Services.AddScoped<VoterKeyResolver>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<ReadinessService>();
 builder.Services.AddScoped<ApplicationBootstrapper>();
 builder.Services.AddSingleton<StartupConfigurationValidator>();