“1. There is no such thing as a “President elect” until such a time that Congress ratifies the results of the electoral college election and someone is determined to have received the majority of votes.”
Not true!
President-elect of the United States is the title used for an incoming President of the United States in the period between the general election on Election Day in November and noon eastern standard time on Inauguration Day, January 20, during which he is not in office yet. The title is used for the apparent winner.
Read Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (Public Law 88-277).
The "apparent" winner in November is the "apparent" President elect. The Constitution doesn't apply to anyone but the ACTUAL winner as determined by the ratification of the Electoral college votes by Congress. Legally, you don't know exactly who the "actual" President elect is until this has occurred.