Trump could steal the election by running out the clock w/ bogus mail ballot challenges based on signature the match reqmt, etc. & then:
(1) having GOP state lawmakers circumvent voters by casting their electoral votes 4 him; or
(2) using the 12th A to have House Rs decide.
1/

Article re: option 1: "[T]he Constitution does not require states to assign their electors on the basis of the statewide vote...In other words, each state legislature gets to decide how electors are appointed—and, by extension, who gets their votes." 2/ https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/03/trump-cancel-election-day-constitution-state-electors-coronavirus.html

Re: 12th A: "[M]ailed and absentee ballots are easily challenged in a recount, & recounts can be delayed long enough to kick the election to the House of Representatives — where the vote is by state DELEGATION, not each representative..." by @jedshug 3/ https://time.com/5889013/absentee-mail-votes-recounts/