And if the state legislatures choose a separate slate of electors, if they are tied up in the courts by Dec. 14 wouldn’t that mean no electors have been chosen since it wasn’t done on time?
It wouldn't be tied up in court that long. On election day, by Georgia law, the electors were chosen by the voters. At that point the slate of electors is set; confirmed by the counties, the Secretary of State, and the governor, all as the law mandated. Suddenly, based on their own suspicions and in violation of the law, the legislature says they are going to appoint their own slate of electors. How long do you think it will take for the courts to throw that slate out?
If state court tried to interfere, SCOTUS would put the lower court in its place in butt-ugly fashion like all LSU fans were expecting to happen to them last Saturday until God heard their prayers and had the Bama game cancelled. SCOTUS, which is really big on not intervening in things like elections, would be really big on telling lower courts to not intervene either. That's basically what they did in 2000 -- told the lower court to quit stalling for Gore.