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Give him a call: https://twitter.com/rglover/status/1339311748726349824

Ralph was in charge at State Farm Arena when those videos were filmed.

Edit: yes, I called him and we spoke back in December for about 30-45 minutes. I originally called about the barriers blocking observers during the recount and then asked about the suitcases as well.

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Are you referencing the barriers that were filmed... from inside the room... by the dozens of national media crews and party observers? Those barriers?

Yes? They had metal fence barriers (like at a concert) up with chairs behind them for the observers. During the recount they had the observers 30-40 ft back which meant they weren't observing anything. They were just in the room.

I saw the obvious issue with this and called to ask why. His response was that "legally we're in compliance."

Oh, I think we're referring to different things. I thought you were referring to this:

https://twitter.com/_HeatherWalker/status/132408570469203149...

Wherein people posted views from the other side of the glass claiming they were trying to count the votes in secret or something. Which was ironic, given all the news crews and observers on the other side of the glass documenting the same thing.

I agree that its BS to keep observers so far back that they cannot meaningfully observe the counting.

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