Why do you need anything beyond a stack of Excel spreadsheets? The polling locations call in the tally to the town, the town calls in results to the county, and

Why do you need anything beyond a stack of Excel spreadsheets? The polling locations call in the tally to the town, the town calls in results to the county, and the county forwards the results to the state, to be certified. Like this you get the final result two hours after polls close. Everything else is needless complexity.