Wouldn’t the actual votes not matter and the electoral college would decide the winner? They have discretion to vote however they want regardless of actual votes in most states.
Many states have enacted laws against the "faithless elector" scenario you are describing because previously there was no such penalty.
In those states, faithless electors face fines and possibly jail time if they do not follow the state rules for elector allocation and the will of the state's voters.
In those states, faithless electors face fines and possibly jail time if they do not follow the state rules for elector allocation and the will of the state's voters.
See the Wikipedia map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector