This was deliberate. This was a tight race and everybody knew national focus was on this election. Never ever trust election officials in a tight race.
My son-in-law lost a race to a Dem. Mayor the night of the election and actually won by one vote during a recount. Seems the person counting absentee ballots mistakenly counted unsigned ballots. When no-body's expecting fraud, there will be fraud.
“inspectors who read numbers incorrectly when phoning in results.”