no, probably not counting them, they were “enhancing” them.
With this issue, the machines that scan and tally the results were kicking out most ballots, seeing "overs." The solution was to have a team with erasers "clean" the ballots. They were instructed to clean the problem areas and were not to erase the vote (designated by a line the voter fills in to connect the ends of the line).
Initially there were pens on the tables where they were "cleaning" the ballots, and they could "enhance" the lines if needed. Our Harmer team called attention to them having pens out and we had them removed so not to have any more possibilities of shenanigans.