What would happen if a vote counting center was breached and the ballots destroyed?

[Quixote1818]

What legal steps would follow?

[soothsayer]

1. I'm wondering too

[Hoyt]

2. Call it as last counted, as long as Biden ahead -- using trump type logic.

[brush]

3. Good question. They'd probably just go with the last known tally.

[RockRaven]

4. Presumably it is not identical between states... But I've got no idea what the range of remedies

are, if any.

I suspect the actual remedy effected would depend on which state because that would guide whether or not SCOTUS can cause Bush v Gore episode 2, or if they would choose to stay out of it as a pointless exercise.

[joshcryer]

5. The election would likely be reheld.

Seriously.

[Quixote1818]

6. That was what I was thinking.

And I don't think the residents of the state would be too thrilled with the side that destroyed the ballots.

[joshcryer]

7. When fraud was committed wholesale in NC they reheld the election.

It's really the only way to verify the veracity of the vote. Only way.

[Blue_true]

8. My guess is police officers or registered security are guarding the sites now.

So, if something gets damaged, officials will know who to question first.