How Trump Could Lose The Election And Still Remain President

[Takket]

9. could someone explan this step to me?

"All four swing states have Republican control of both their upper and lower houses of their state legislatures. Those state legislatures refuse to allow any Electoral College slate to be certified until the "national security" investigation is complete."

i am confused as to how this happens... my understanding is that by Dec 14, the secretary of state for each state must certify the vote total, which essentially declares someone the winner of that state, and the electors appointed by that party later on cast their ballot for president. This is how SCOTUS justified electing Bush in 2000 and the thing that is going to come back and bite drumpf in the ass this year.

So how does the state legislature get involved? How can they stop the appointment of electors once the vote is certified? does the legislature have to cast a vote to "accept" the vote total certified by the SoS???