closed. >> as far as i'm concerned we already have won. >> reporter: before the tally was finished -- [ chanting ] supporters who believing president trump arizona began flocking to the site. >> it was lollapalooza and outside of the election center which is, i mean, really off the beaten path. >> reporter: across the u.s. local election officials were scrambling to get a record number of mail-in ballots counted. among them in philadelphia was al schmidt. at the time one of three city commissioners. the only republican. he ran for office promising to protect election integrity. >> one of the things i was involved in as part of the republican party in the city and republican party in the state was election integrity. since coming into office in 2012 i've referred more than two dozen cases for investigation to