Overview
- Dozens of municipalities reported temporary failures or slowdowns on election result websites, while vote counting continued without disruption.
- KRZN attributed outages in roughly three dozen Niederrhein communities to a technical error, ruled out a hack, and restored service around 20:00 by switching servers.
- Separate issues hit Münster and nearby towns using the Vote-Manager software via Citeq, where unusually high requests from a few IP addresses impaired visualizations.
- Münster authorities say a cyberattack cannot yet be confirmed and the access surge remains under investigation; officials stress the integrity of the tally was not at risk.
- Citeq supports 28 municipalities, and police noted periods of server overload in the evening; some local offices temporarily relayed results by phone or in person to keep updates flowing.