The subject of the involvement of the National government in the choice and quadrennial replacement of the President was discussed, extensively, at the Philadelphia Convention.
Congress was given the power to regulate elections of Senators and Representatives, but was not granted ANY authority over the power of the State Legislatures, which were tasked with choosing the President through the means of appointing Electors.
With the single exception of Amendment XXIII, when Congress awarded itself 3 electoral votes, this system has stood the test of time.
The Constitution makes no reference to “announcing”, primaries, conventions, nominees, “running”, or voting by individuals. The Constitution makes no reference to news agencies “calling” States. The only people the Constitution confers a “right to vote for President” on are the 535 Electors appointed by State Legislatures, or the 3 appointed by Congress since 1964.
No State Legislature objected to the appointment of Electors under its power. The Legislatures of Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, and Arizona did not even CONVENE to discuss the question.
How those Legislatures planned to appoint their Electors is irrelevant. Who voted, who didn’t, how many people voted, how the votes were counted, when Arizona was “called”, who besides the appointed Electors claimed to be the rightful Electors HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE US CONSTITUTION.
There was only one election that mattered under the Constitution, it took place on December 14, 2000, and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won it 306-232.
That is a fair and accurate description of where we legally now stand with regard to the 2020 election. Barring an unprecedented attempted interruption by the USSC, which is completely unimaginable as we sit here now after the 2022 midterms, there is basically no chance that legal outcome will be changed.
Only revolution remains, and Trump’s flirtation with the idea is dangerous. It could be he’s starting to realize his chance to be elected in 2024 is dwindling fast, so a rehash of 2020 is his last and only hope. I was more than ready to dig into the 2020 election, in 2021, but he chose to go AWOL for basically a whole year. Now it’s basically already 2023, and talk of re-doing 2020 sounds pretty ridiculous. He should have made that his priority 2 years ago, right after the election results were certified, as many lawyers advised.