After review, the Hill County Republicans have decided that the discrepancy is explained by the ‘anti-bullying’ law.
It is not fair for the majority to always win. In order to assure equality, the losers must win a certain percentage of the time. These votes were to achieve that goal.
There seems to be an obvious problem where machines are involved. If the extra votes seem to be going predominantly to one party,then all the votes at that particular precinct for that party should be thrown out.