re: #41 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

It is obviously being actively promoted by Trump, if he can get enough people to sign on, it will become an ugly reality.

The short answer is this is not really a possibility in any practical sense. Technically, a state legislature could issue a slate of Trump electors (although remember, this would have to be passed by the legislature and signed by the governor, which is a bit of a lift). Of course, the Sec State and/or Governor would probably issue another slate of Biden electors in accordance with applicable State law, therefore meeting “safe harbor” deadlines. This goes to the incoming Congress joint session, with the Democrats in charge of the House. If there is a dispute between slates of electors, and even if a Republican Senate goes all in for Trump, the worst situation you will get is a deadlock between them over which slate to accept, which defaults by Federal law to the safe harbor slate of electors (the Biden one). So no, the system is creaky and stupid but not that stupid.

If you ignore the mountain of stupid bullshit designed to confuse and scare people, so far the election machinery has done exactly what it was supposed to do when it was supposed to do it. All the stupid court cases were thrown out, counties have certified their votes on schedule, and now states are certifying their votes on schedule. Trump is trying to panic and scare everybody because THATS WHAT HE DOES.