No, they have clearly disenfranchised themselves. But what about someone who showed up on November 2nd at 8:00:01 (one second after the polls close at 8 p.m.) Are the watches at the polls synchronized to an atomic clock? If the voter has his hand on the door and is pushing, does the poll worker push back?
If the time is really 8:00:01 then legally the poll is closed and they can't vote. Having said that, there are all sorts of little "look the other way" personal social courtesies that individuals extend each other that technically violate rules and laws.
In my little town, the poll closes at 8. Just after 8, the door is closed. If there is a last little cluster of folks coming in as the door is being closed they are admitted as a courtesy and then the the door is barred. And yes, someone stands there. Everyone know it's "technically" not right, but nobody has rolled out the cops on that point yet and I doubt they ever will.
The counting of tens of thousands of write in votes isn't a matter of courtesy. The law (as I understand it) says the name has to be spelled correctly. Is an "i" without a dot and "i"? I'm not a lawyer but I say it is. If a judge ruled differently, then ok. Is a "y" an "i"? No.