Do you think those ballots are being tampered with?
Do the days of the week have DAY in them?
I think tampering begins to takes place as soon as opposing partisan eyes are diverted, as long as it is possible, technically, physically, or procedurally.
The donkey party sees it as their sole birthright to tamper with ballots until they get the result they want. Call it criminal, call it hijinx, call it shenanigans, call it whatever you wish, but by no means are they shy about this fact of political life in the U.S.