The women who saved the boxes of electoral votes during a riot in the Capitol

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These women had the presence of mind to remove and protect the boxes of electoral votes during the insurrection. While these ballots could have been replaced, that process would have delayed matters and help TFG.

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https://19thnews.org/2021/01/the-women-who-saved-the-boxes-of-electoral-college-votes-during-a-riot-in-the-capitol/

With insurrection at the door, one woman’s thoughts turned to the mahogany and leather boxes in the Senate chamber. The three boxes contained the votes — the very documents that had drawn a mob into the nation’s Capitol during a violent assault on democracy Wednesday afternoon.

The woman, a Senate aide who The 19th is not naming for safety reasons, was the one who directed staffers to gather the 18-inch by 10-inch boxes and transport the votes to a secure location while President Donald Trump supporters incited a riot within the building, sending senators, representatives, aides, interns and reporters to seek shelter while offices were ransacked. ...

The certified electoral votes symbolized an election many of them felt they were robbed of. That’s why the aide’s quick thinking has been hailed as heroic by many — though few knew who was the person behind the move to protect the certified electoral votes. ....

Merkley said the aide organized a team to rescue the boxes and keep them safe when an announcement was issued to move staff from the Senate chamber and into a safe room.

“Thank you to her and the entire team that rescued the voice of the American people,” Merkley said. “Had they not done so, then the hooligans outside, disrespecting the Constitution, would have come in here and opened these boxes and burned the ballots, destroying the voice of the people symbolically.”