Destroying ballots before 22 months is illegal. Everyone knows there aren't enough legal ballots to get the numbers in a recount. They would have to use the obviously fraudulent ones (filled in with same pen, or other evidence). They would not be allowed to feed ballots multiple times in a legimate recount. The PTB will allow a recount as long as the recount is done fraudulently and ballots are not inspected.
But in theory the ballots are sitting in boxes and have not been destroyed. That would at least allow a fraudulent (e.g. observers kicked out of the room) recount.
At 10:00 it was over and then the glitches came in.