That those officials are slime balls isn't news.
The questions I have are did the Moore campaign know it was going on and counter it, and is it illegal, anyway?
Seems to me if it was a major factor in the loss the Moore campaign should have countered it while in progress. Regarding illegality, if you told me that some people really thought Moore was bringing back prohibition, I could imagine there are some people who are that fucked up and would believe it. IOW plausible deniability on the part of the perpetrators by seeding the idea to some dumb fucks who ran with it.
I think Moore was so busy fighting off the sex allegations that he got bit in the ass by all the small change bullshit. Does that, though, warrant overturning an election?