The OP article has apparently been updated and the vote count for that town is being described as a ‘typo’.
https://granitegrok.com/blog/2022/11/how-did-maggie-hassan-get-1100-votes-in-nh-town-with-a-population-under-700
“typo”
Yup—computers make “typos” after they do calculations all the time...uh uh....
What is this—the 1950s?