How are votes counted? Behind the scenes of election commissions after polling stations close

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When the last voter puts their ballot in the ballot box and the clock strikes 9:00 p.m., the most demanding phase of work for the electoral commissions is just beginning: counting the votes. Although for many this is an invisible part of the process, it is then that the destiny of the election is decided. What does this process look like? Who is liable for its course and how does the data scope the National Electoral Commission (PKW)?