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Elections are done by the states, as clearly outlined in the Constitution. If Red states want to opt out, they're welcome to do that, but the Blue states (and most Red ones) are going to have their elections anyway, and they will count.
All the rest of it is just smoke.
The point is to force an constitutional crisis to allow the Supreme Court to rubber stamp the coup.
The Supreme Court has been fairly unpredictable, which is a problem for Trump, but the bigger problem is that they've been VERY predictable when it comes to a direct challenge to the Constitution. It's one thing when it's an interpretation of the an amendment, it's another thing when it's a downright challenge, like Birthright Citizenship.
I doubt the Supreme Court is going to just ignore the 22md Amendment.
Well Ol' Lumpty Trumpty just declared that he plans on running again. Setting aside the delusions of a President who's brain is rotting away.
The way I see is that a red state not participating or a purple/blue state with very incredible baseless claims of fraud is what going to kick off the crisis.
First scenario, a red state or states don't participate. A red state or a coalition of red states file a claim saying that you can't have an election without us as our electoral votes were never assigned to a Presidential candidate. If there is no election, then the President Mush For Brains is still President pending a proper election.
Second scenario, a blue state or states or purple state is accused of having massive fraud in their elections. Once again, the baseless fraud claims end up in the Supreme Court with the same issue as the first scenario with a twist. Republicans will say that we can't trust these election results therefore the election is invalid. If the election is invalid, President Mush is still President.
One of the goals of the Republicans is to run out the clock such as what happened in the 2000 Florida Recount and the Brooks Brothers riot.
As far as I am aware, the US Constitution is silent on what happens when election chicanery at this scale happens.
The Constitution is very clear that the President's term is four years, and he can only have two. If there isn't someone to take over on Inauguration Day, then Trump's term ends anyway, and NOBODY holds the office.
We hear a lot about a Constitutional Crisis, but that is what a real one looks like.
If Trump tries to stay under those circumstances, then it's the end of American Democracy, and the problems will increase exponentially. A big one will be April 15, when many Americans will refuse to file their taxes.
If this scenario happens (it won't), go into work the next day, and book a meeting with HR to remove all your tax deductions from your paycheck, so you pay as little income tax as possible. Then only file if you have a refund coming.
Also, they will never allow anything that takes away their own power. Even in their blanket presidential immunity ruling they reserved for themselves the power to decide what counts as an official act.
The constitution is worth less than toilet paper without a Congress and a Supreme Court to uphold it.