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Re:Software to capture votes in upcoming German national ele... by fanalin on Thursday September 07, 2017 @12:39PM (#15193458)
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.

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Re:Software to capture votes in upcoming German national ele... by germanier on Thursday September 07, 2017 @12:56PM (#15193666)
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.
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Re:Software to capture votes in upcoming German national ele... by dx034 on Thursday September 07, 2017 @03:58PM (#15195171)
Which is how election results should be handled. Sealed letters are cheap and extremely hard to forge.
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