package SecureElection;
/**
 * Created by Klas Eskilson on 15-11-16.
 */

public class SecureElectionClient {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

    }
}

package SecureElection;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.security.KeyStore;
import javax.net.ssl.*;
import SecureElection.Common.Settings;

/**
 * Created by Klas Eskilson on 15-11-16.
 */

public class SecureElectionClient {
    // constants
    private static final String CLIENTTRUSTSTORE = Settings.KEYLOCATION + "ClientTruststore.ks";
    private static final String CLIENTKEYSTORE   = Settings.KEYLOCATION + "ClientKeystore.ks";
    private static final String CLIENTPASSWORD   = "somephrase";

    // class variables
    BufferedReader socketIn;
    PrintWriter socketOut;

    /**
     * setup ssl client
     * @param addr  the address to connect to
     */
    private void setupSSLClient(InetAddress hostAddr) {
        try {
            // load keystores
            KeyStore ks = KeyStore.getInstance("JCEKS");
            ks.load(new FileInputStream(CLIENTKEYSTORE),
                    CLIENTPASSWORD.toCharArray());
            KeyStore ts = KeyStore.getInstance("JCEKS");
            ts.load(new FileInputStream(CLIENTTRUSTSTORE),
                    CLIENTPASSWORD.toCharArray());

            // setup key managers
            KeyManagerFactory kmf = KeyManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509");
            kmf.init(ks, CLIENTPASSWORD.toCharArray());
            TrustManagerFactory tmf = TrustManagerFactory.getInstance("SunX509");
            tmf.init(ts);

            // setup ssl
            SSLContext sslContext = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
            sslContext.init(kmf.getKeyManagers(), tmf.getTrustManagers(), null);
            SSLSocketFactory sslFact = sslContext.getSocketFactory();
            SSLSocket client = (SSLSocket) sslFact.createSocket(hostAddr, this.hostPort);
            client.setEnabledCipherSuites(client.getSupportedCipherSuites());

            // setup transmissions
            socketIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream()));
            socketOut = new PrintWriter(client.getOutputStream(), true);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e);
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            // setup connection
            InetAddress localhost = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
            setupSSLClient(localhost);
        } catch (UnknownHostException uhe) {
            System.out.println(uhe);
            uhe.printStackTrace();
        }

    }
}

Add SSL setup to client