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One more info: this software is just used for the preliminary results, not for the final results.

The software for the final results is entirely different and seems to be much more secure.

Knowing how German government offices operate, the "software" for the final results is likely sending letters stamped with an official seal by post and calculating the result manually/with very low-tech software.

Which is how election results should be handled. Sealed letters are cheap and extremely hard to forge.

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