[Genoa]

It doesn't matter period. The winner only has to have a bare majority of electoral votes cast. For example, the Confederate states didn't show up for the election of 1864, and Lincoln still won with a majority of the ones that did. If states are tied up in litigation and don't vote, they lose their voice, but the process goes on uninterrupted.

[Verginius Rufus]

Lincoln won in 1860 with 180 electoral votes. He had 212 electoral votes in 1864, so even if the Southern states had participated in the election, he would have won. McClellan got 21 votes.

[OldeGoat]

But consider this: only Trump’s electors are in jeopardy. Hillary has NO electoral votes to lose. Even though Trump should still retain victory, the margin of victory between the two shrinks... and then the next “trick” surfaces.